Partner and Referee

Partner

Partner noun - The person to whom another is married.

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Referee and partner are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Referee" instead a noun "Partner".

Referee noun - A person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy.

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Partner and referee are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Partner" instead a noun "Referee".

good	good partner	good referee
female	female partner	female referee
perfect	perfect partner	perfect referee
current	current partner	current referee
Other adjectives: original, crooked, main, new, senior, former, official, competent, unnamed.

Who knows her personal referee Whipme Spearz or her former tag team partner Tiny Tim?

Source: Smurfette Breakout
The referee was distracted; Hayes's partner, Jimmy Garvin—lurking at ringside—threw Steiner a length of two-by-four.

Source: Wounded Gazelle Gambit
In Day of Reckoning series, WWE games for the Gamecube, if the computer decides it's time to tag a partner, knock out the referee or go for a weapon don't expect to get any hits in.

Source: Perfect-Play A.I.

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