judicial
Syllables: ju·di·cial/d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/
judicial adjective: of or relating to the administration of justice.
Adjective
judicial (comparative more judicial, superlative most judicial)
- Of or relating to the administration of justice.
- Synonyms:
- justiciary
- Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.
- It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
- specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881
- judicial rent, judicial lease
- Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.
- Of or relating to sound judgment; judicious (but see Usage notes).
Noun
judicial (uncountable)
- That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.
- Synonyms:
- judiciary, bench, judicature, judicial branch, justiciary
judicial meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
judicial in Hindi
- of or relating to a court of law
- न्यायिक nyāyik
judicial in Tamil
- நீதித்துறை சார்ந்த
judicial in Marathi
- judicial; pertaining to law
- न्यायिक nyāyik
judicial in Urdu
- عدالتی, منصفانہ, تنقیدی
More languagesFewer languages
- judicial in Bengali
- বিচারসংক্রান্ত, বিচারগত, বৈধ, বিধানতান্ত্রিক
- judicial in Malayalam
- ന്യായാധിപവിധിനിർണ്ണയങ്ങൾ സംബന്ധിച്ച, ന്യായാധിപൻ നടത്തുന്ന, കോടതിയെ സംബന്ധിച്ച
- judicial in Kannada
- ನ್ಯಾಯಾಸ್ಥಾನದ, ನ್ಯಾಯಾಧೀಶರ, ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯದ ತೀರ್ಪಿನ, ನ್ಯಾಯ ತೀರ್ಮಾನದ
- judicial in Arabic
- قَضَائِي qaḍāʔī
- judicial in Malay
- kehakiman
- judicial in Indonesian
- yudisial
- judicial in Vietnamese
- tư pháp
Examples of judicial in a sentence
- That judicial method which serveth best for the invention of truth.
- Judge Gilligan has been held up as a shining example of judicial restraint.
- A government has three branches: the executive, legislative, and judicial.
Synonyms of judicial
Antonyms
Forms of judicial
| comparative | more judicial |
|---|---|
| superlative | most judicial |
Origin of judicial
Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.
Words formed from judicial
- extract from the judicial record
- extrajudicial
- injudicial
- intrajudicial
- judicare
- judicial activism
- judicial astrology
- judicial conference
- judicial day
- judicialese
- judicial factor
- judicialization
- judicialize
- judicially
- judicialness
- judicial notice
- judicial officer
- judicial police
- judicial relief
- judicial remedy
- judicial restraint
- judicial review
- judicial separation
- judicial temperament
- nonjudicial
- parajudicial
- politicojudicial
- psychojudicial
- quasijudicial
- quasi-judicial agency
- semijudicial
- unjudicial
Phrases with judicial
Words that rhyme with judicial
- official
- superficial
- artificial
- unofficial
- beneficial
- initial
- prejudicial
- adventitial
- comitial
- extrajudicial
- interstitial
- sacrificial
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Questions about judicial
- What does judicial mean?
- Judicial means of or relating to the administration of justice.
- What is judicial in Hindi?
- Judicial in Hindi is न्यायिक (nyāyik). See Judicial meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is judicial?
- Judicial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce judicial?
- Judicial is pronounced /d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/.
Words near judicial in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: judicial (page history and authors); judicial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); न्यायिक (Marathi) (page history and authors); judicial (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); judicial (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); judicial (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); judicial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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