Words Like ELECTION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ELECTION.

9 Alternative Words Similar to election

1 Choice Noun      Synonym Words Like Choice
2 Option Noun      Synonym Words Like Option
3 Pick Noun      Synonym Words Like Pick
4 Position Noun      Synonym Words Like Position
5 Selection Noun      Synonym Words Like Selection
6 Status Noun      Synonym Words Like Status
7 Discernment Noun      Synonym Words Like Discernment
8 Reëlection Noun      Hyponym
9 Primary Noun      Hyponym Words Like Primary

1 examples of election

1 the election of a president or a mayor

10 definitions of election

1 The act of choosing; choice; selection.
2 The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce.
3 Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act.
4 Discriminating choice; discernment.
5 Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the “five points” of Calvinism.
6 The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.
7 Those who are elected.
8 the status or fact of being elected
9 a vote to select the winner of a position or political office
10 the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)
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