Meanings
plural assistant referees
- UKball gamesOne of the two officials at an association football match, previously known as linesmen, who assist the referee.
Maccabi's Yoan Ziv also saw red in the second half for kicking a boot at the assistant referee.
2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport
Synonyms & antonyms
nounofficial (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan àrbitre assistent
- àrbitre assistentofficial at a football match
Danish linjedommer
- linjedommerofficial at a football match
Dutch assistent-scheidsrechter
- assistent-scheidsrechterofficial at a football match
Finnish avustava erotuomari, aputuomari
- avustava erotuomariofficial at a football match
- aputuomariofficial at a football match
German Schiedsrichterassistent, Linienrichter
- Schiedsrichterassistentofficial at a football match
- Linienrichterofficial at a football match
Italian guardalinee
- guardalineeofficial at a football match
Romanian arbitru asistent, arbitru de linie
- arbitru asistentofficial at a football match
- arbitru de linieofficial at a football match
Scottish Gaelic neach-loidhne
- neach-loidhneofficial at a football match
Spanish árbitro asistente, árbitra asistente
- árbitro asistenteofficial at a football match
- árbitra asistenteofficial at a football match
Swahili mwamuzi msaidizi
- mwamuzi msaidiziofficial at a football match
Swedish assisterande domare, linjedomare
- assisterande domareofficial at a football match
- linjedomareofficial at a football match
- ADofficial at a football match
- ass-domareofficial at a football match
- linjemanofficial at a football match
Cite this entry
assistant referee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assistant%20referee
“assistant referee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assistant%20referee. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assistant referee,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assistant%20referee.
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