umpire

umpire is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed.
2. noun. A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement.
3. transitive verb. To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.
4. transitive verb. To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game.
5. intransitive verb. To act as umpire or arbitrator.
6. noun. someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue

   "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature"

   "the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants"

   Synonyms: arbiter, arbitrator

7. noun. an official at a baseball game

   Synonyms: ump

8. verb. be a referee or umpire in a sports competition

   Synonyms: referee

Synonyms

arbiter, arbitrator, ump, referee

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in umpire:

impure

Common word forms

umpired, umpirer, umpires, umpiring

Words from these letters

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