311 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ɪlˈɛkʃən], [ ɪlˈɛkʃən], [ ɪ_l_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]

Related words: election 2020, us election 2020, french election, british election, presidential election, 2020 presidential election, 2020 presidential elections, elections 2020, us presidential election 2020, presidential election 2024

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Similar words for election:

• act (noun)
• appointment (noun)
• ballot (noun)
• choice (noun)
• choosing (noun)
• election (noun)
• nomination (noun)
• option (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• preference (noun)
• selecting (noun)
• selection (noun)
• volition (noun)
• other relevant words (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for election

Homophones for election

Hypernyms for election

Hyponyms for election

Synonyms for Election:

• n.

  •
  • ballot box,
  • absolute majority,
  • block vote,
  • absentee vote,
  • adoption,
  • abstention,
  • Aye,
  • absentee ballot,
  • casting vote.
  •
  • plebiscite,
  • ticket,
  • franchise,
  • campaign,
  • voting.
  • act (noun)
  • election.
  • appointment (noun)
  • deputation,
  • approval,
  • ordination,
  • Empowering,
  • allotment,
  • promotion,
  • naming,
  • assigning,
  • authorization,
  • commissionings,
  • certification,
  • delegation,
  • Certifications,
  • commissioning,
  • designation,
  • namings,
  • installation.
  • ballot (noun)
  • tally,
  • Polling,
  • slate,
  • plebiscites.
  • choice (noun)
  • judgment,
  • cup of tea,
  • substitute,
  • cull,
  • appraisal,
  • discretion,
  • rating,
  • determination,
  • evaluation,
  • distinction,
  • weakness,
  • alternative,
  • extract,
  • favorite,
  • opportunity,
  • free will,
  • verdict,
  • decision,
  • wish,
  • finding,
  • discrimination,
  • variety,
  • druthers,
  • say,
  • volition,
  • desire.
  • choosing (noun)
  • Separating,
  • deciding,
  • Electing,
  • exercising judgment,
  • making a choice,
  • making up one's mind.
  • election (noun)
  • polls,
  • vote-casting,
  • balloting.
  • nomination (noun)
  • suggestion,
  • recommendation.
  • option (noun)
  • grant,
  • claim,
  • prerogative,
  • dilemma,
  • pickup,
  • license,
  • right,
  • benefit,
  • Dibs,
  • advantage.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • selection,
  • event,
  • Selecting,
  • choice,
  • ballot,
  • pickings,
  • vote,
  • option,
  • predetermination,
  • position,
  • other side of coin,
  • appointment,
  • preference,
  • preordination,
  • status,
  • referendum,
  • take it or leave it,
  • foreordination,
  • say so,
  • proposal,
  • political science,
  • Conation,
  • predestination,
  • Choosing,
  • flipside,
  • nomination.
  • preference (noun)
  • groove,
  • top,
  • partiality,
  • prepossession,
  • inclination,
  • predilection,
  • propensity.
  • selecting (noun)
  • de-nomination,
  • isolatings,
  • denominatings,
  • de-nominations,
  • de nomination,
  • de-nominating,
  • de nominations,
  • indicatings,
  • appointings,
  • determinings,
  • de nominating.
  • selection (noun)
  • draft,
  • excerpt,
  • collection,
  • Culling.
  • volition (noun)
  • purpose,
  • resolution,
  • accord,
  • willingness.

• v.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)
  • pick.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • general election,
  • off year,
  • electoral,
  • seek,
  • electioneering,
  • landslide,
  • beauty contest,
  • unelected,
  • logrolling,
  • chad,
  • exit poll,
  • show of hands,
  • elective,
  • teller,
  • year,
  • open primary,
  • suffragette,
  • advance poll,
  • proportional representation,
  • Gallup poll,
  • Super Tuesday,
  • hard money,
  • pollster,
  • margin,
  • trail,
  • proxy,
  • by election,
  • universal suffrage,
  • put to,
  • suffrage,
  • disenfranchise,
  • direct elections,
  • scrutineer,
  • popularly.
  •
  • incoming,
  • round,
  • spoiler,
  • fall,
  • elect,
  • rig,
  • unchallenged,
  • poll,
  • platform,
  • recount,
  • enfranchise,
  • whip,
  • runoff.
  •
  • primary,
  • return,
  • marginal.
  •
  • put up,
  • mandate.
  •
  • straight.
  •
  • in.
  •
  • run.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • fetch,
  • taking over,
  • waive,
  • constitute,
  • variation,
  • designate,
  • preferment,
  • derive,
  • acquire,
  • capture,
  • coronation,
  • destiny,
  • calling,
  • canonization,
  • summon,
  • select,
  • ingest,
  • picking,
  • minor orders,
  • straight ticket,
  • anointment,
  • investiture,
  • presentation,
  • get,
  • by-election,
  • deduce,
  • determinism,
  • primary election,
  • succession,
  • conferment,
  • optional,
  • acceptance,
  • secret ballot,
  • take,
  • holy orders,
  • fate,
  • nonpartisan primary,
  • caucus,
  • foredoom,
  • accept,
  • seizure,
  • resource,
  • fatality,
  • kismet,
  • preference primary,
  • empowerment,
  • doom,
  • privilege,
  • Vox Populi,
  • destination,
  • assignment,
  • will,
  • Plebiscitum,
  • combination,
  • major orders,
  • order,
  • Plumper,
  • adopt,
  • recall,
  • opting for,
  • gather,
  • way,
  • marry,
  • ask,
  • induction,
  • accession,
  • fatalism,
  • have no choice,
  • receive,
  • inevitableness,
  • pluck,
  • choices,
  • clear,
  • arrogation,
  • pleasure,
  • free choice,
  • apostolic orders,
  • choose,
  • alternativity,
  • call for,
  • runoff election,
  • voting for,
  • deduct,
  • Ordainment,
  • settling on,
  • co-optation,
  • opinion poll,
  • appoint,
  • first choice,
  • predestinarianism,
  • orders,
  • collect,
  • anointing,
  • distinguish,
  • draw,
  • bring,
  • liberty,
  • permutation,
  • voice,
  • elections,
  • discernment,
  • direct primary,
  • singling out,
  • consume,
  • assumption,
  • authorisation,
  • Preoption,
  • chance,
  • predeterminism,
  • spell,
  • know,
  • initiative,
  • closed primary,
  • cumulative vote,
  • contain,
  • understand,
  • co-option,
  • consecration,
  • institution,
  • usurpation.

Paraphrases for Election:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    vote, VOTES.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    vote.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    voting.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    poll, selection, Selections.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    reelection, selection.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    matters, constituents.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    acclamation, assumption, designation.
  • Adverb
    best.
  • Verb, past tense
    made, suggested, wanted, Wished, opted.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    coming, designing, finding, standing, targeting, opting.
  • Verb, past participle
    decided, desired, faced, forced, sworn, Filed, Returned, Served, Purchased, opted.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Does, likes, wishes, wants.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    ballot, elect, elected, electoral, polls, voting, Electing, Polling, nominees, elects, issues, choices.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    ballot, balloting, candidacy, candidature, constituency, elect, elected, electioneering, electoral, nomination, poll, race, suffrage, voting, Electing, Polling, Re-election.
  • Verb, past tense
    elected, electoral, Chose, Picked, elections.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    deciding, identifying, picking, running, Electing.
  • Verb, past participle
    elected, nominated, elections.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    elected, electoral, decides, desires, elects, choices, elections.
  • Verb, base form
    elect, electoral, vote.

Homophones for Election:

• elicitation, elocution, elastin, elucidation.

Hypernym for Election:

• n.

  • act
    primary, cumulative vote, runoff, general election, reelection, primary election, by-election, co-option, bye-election, co-optation.

Hyponym for Election:

• n.

  • act
    pick, selection, option, choice, vote.
  • cognition
    predestination, predetermination, foreordination, preordination.
  • state
    status, position.