Standard Lemma guide

judicial

adj · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/
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  • rhymes with -ɪʃəl
  • CMU ARPABET: JH UW0 D IH1 SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the administration of justice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: justiciary

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, historical

Examples

  • judicial rent, judicial lease

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Of or relating to sound judgment; judicious (but see Usage notes).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: judiciary, bench, judicature, judicial, judicial branch, justiciary

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • judicial system

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: juridical, juridic

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • judicial robes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

expressing careful judgment-Tyler Dennett

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • discriminative censure
  • a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: discriminative

Antonyms: none provided

10

adjective satellite

Meaning 10

decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a judicial decision

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h2óyu Proto-Indo-European *h2yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h2yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Latin iūs Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *déyḱ-s ~ *diḱ-és Proto-Italic *-diks Latin iūdex Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin iūdicō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin iūdicium Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin iūdiciālisbor. English judicial Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَضَائِي (qaḍāʔī) — of or relating to a court of law
  • Armenian: դատական (datakan) — of or relating to a court of law
  • Asturian: xudicial — of or relating to a court of law
  • Belarusian: судо́вы (sudóvy) — of or relating to a court of law
  • Bulgarian: съде́бен (sǎdében) — of or relating to a court of law
  • Catalan: judicial — of or relating to a court of law
  • Catalan: judiciari — of or relating to a court of law
  • Chinese Mandarin: 司法 (sīfǎ) — of or relating to a court of law
  • Czech: soudní — of or relating to a court of law
  • Danish: retslig — of or relating to a court of law
  • Danish: juridisk — of or relating to a court of law
  • Dutch: gerechtelijk — of or relating to a court of law
  • Esperanto: jurisdikcia — of or relating to a court of law
  • Finnish: oikeudellinen — of or relating to a court of law
  • French: judiciaire — of or relating to a court of law
  • Galician: xudicial — of or relating to a court of law
  • Georgian: სასამართლო (sasamartlo) — of or relating to a court of law
  • German: gerichtlich — of or relating to a court of law
  • German: Justiz- — of or relating to a court of law
  • German: richterlich — of or relating to a court of law
  • Greek: δικαστικός (dikastikós) — of or relating to a court of law
  • Hindi: न्यायिक (nyāyik) — of or relating to a court of law
  • Hungarian: bírósági — of or relating to a court of law
  • Hungarian: igazságügyi — of or relating to a court of law
  • Hungarian: bírói — of or relating to a court of law
  • Hungarian: bűnügyi — of or relating to a court of law
  • Hungarian: jog- — of or relating to a court of law
  • Ido: judiciala — of or relating to a court of law
  • Indonesian: yudisial — of or relating to a court of law
  • Irish: breithiúnach — of or relating to a court of law
  • Italian: giudiziale — of or relating to a court of law
  • Italian: giudiziario — of or relating to a court of law
  • Japanese: 司法の (shihō no) — of or relating to a court of law
  • Kabuverdianu: judisial — of or relating to a court of law
  • Korean: 사법의 (sabeobui) — of or relating to a court of law
  • Latin: iūdiciālis — of or relating to a court of law
  • Macedonian: судски (sudski) — of or relating to a court of law
  • Malay: kehakiman — of or relating to a court of law
  • Occitan: judiciari — of or relating to a court of law
  • Old English: dōmlīċ — of or relating to a court of law
  • Polish: sądowy — of or relating to a court of law
  • Portuguese: judiciário — of or relating to a court of law
  • Romanian: judiciar — of or relating to a court of law
  • Russian: суде́бный (sudébnyj) — of or relating to a court of law
  • Scottish Gaelic: dligheil — of or relating to a court of law
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̀дскӣ — of or relating to a court of law
  • Serbo-Croatian: sùdskī — of or relating to a court of law
  • Slovak: súdny — of or relating to a court of law
  • Slovene: sodni — of or relating to a court of law
  • Spanish: judicial — of or relating to a court of law
  • Swedish: rättslig — of or relating to a court of law
  • Swedish: juridisk — of or relating to a court of law
  • Swedish: judiciell — of or relating to a court of law
  • Tigrinya: ፍርዳዊ (fərdawi) — of or relating to a court of law
  • Turkish: adli — of or relating to a court of law
  • Ukrainian: судови́й (sudovýj) — of or relating to a court of law
  • Vietnamese: tư pháp — of or relating to a court of law
  • Finnish: oikeuslaitos — branch of government responsible for administration of justice
  • Georgian: სასამართლო (sasamartlo) — branch of government responsible for administration of justice
  • Georgian: სასამართლო ხელისუფლება (sasamartlo xelisupleba) — branch of government responsible for administration of justice
  • Macedonian: судски (sudski) — branch of government responsible for administration of justice
  • Navajo: hwoldii biłhazʼą́ą́jí — branch of government responsible for administration of justice
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