Synonyms for justice
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Judge — A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name
2. Righteousness
righteousness, fairness, justness, equity, integrity, impartiality, right, uprightness, honesty, rectitude, honor US, honour UK, fair play, probity, lawfulness, virtue, legality, propriety, rightfulness rare
Other
law, desert, equitableness rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
- n. 2
The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
the justice of a description
Forms
- Plural
- justices → judges, jurists, justiciaries, justiciars…
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Integrity, rectitude, right, righteousness and virtue denote conformity of personal conduct to the moral law, and thus necessarily include justice, which is giving others that which is their due.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- judge You can't judge their works by the same standards.
- jurist I'm no jurist, but I would think that was unconstitutional.
- fairness He settled the matter with the utmost fairness.
- righteousness I will I could bottle your righteousness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| justice | rising | |
| judge | steady | |
| jurist | steady | |
| justiciary | falling | |
| justiciar | falling | |
| fairness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- law1
- 5 letters
- right1, judge1, honor2
- 6 letters
- honour2, desert2, equity3, virtue2, jurist2
- 7 letters
- honesty3, probity3
- 8 letters
- fairness2, legality4, justness
- 9 letters
- integrity4, propriety4, rectitude3, justiciar
- 10 letters
- lawfulness, justiciary
- 11 letters
- uprightness
- 12 letters
- impartiality6, rightfulness
- 13 letters
- righteousness3, equitableness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (honor2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- équité
- Italiano
- equità
- Español
- equidad
- Deutsch
- Billigkeit
- Català
- equitat