Election

//ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n//

Synonyms for "election" (92 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (19)

accession alternative alternativity anointing anointment apostolic orders appointment arrogation assignment assumption authorization by-election calling calvinism canonization caucus choice choosing chosenness

Strong matches (27)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

11 entries

choice foreordination option pick position predestination predetermination preordination selection status vote

More specific

5 entries

direct election general election indirect election primary election snap election

Synonyms

1 entries

chosenness

Related terms

9 entries

elect election of remedies election theft electional elective elector electoral electorate psephology

capable of

3 entries

refered to as race require run off result in new leader

derived

28 entries

antielection by-election byelection e-election election campaign election night election threshold electioneer electioneering electionless electionlike electionspeak khaki election midterm election nonelection postelection

Showing 16 of 28 words.

derived from

1 entries

elect

has context

1 entries

theology

is a

7 entries

choice event type opportunity to vote predestination status vote when people vote for candidates

related to

45 entries

ballots caucus choice chooser choosing college contest councillor decision elect electoral electoral college event in november leader member

Showing 16 of 45 words.

used for

1 entries

choosing

Translations

181 translations across 111 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

verkiesing noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Albanian

1 entries

zgjedhje noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Amharic

1 entries

ምርጫ noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

αἵρεσις noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
χειροτονία noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
ἀρχαιρεσίαι noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Antillean Creole

1 entries

léléksion noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Arabic

2 entries

اِنْتِخَاب noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
اِنْتِخَابَات noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Armenian

2 entries

ընտրություն noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
ընտրություններ noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Assamese

1 entries

নিৰ্বাচন noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Asturian

1 entries

eleición noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

seçki noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Basque

1 entries

hauteskunde noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Belarusian

1 entries

вы́бары noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Bengali

2 entries

ইন্তেখাব noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
নির্বাচন noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Breton

2 entries

eleksion noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
votadeg noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Bulgarian

4 entries

и́збор noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
и́збор noun (conscious choice)
и́збори noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
изби́ране noun (choice of a leader or representatives)

Burmese

3 entries

ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
ရွေးချယ် noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
ရွေးချယ်တင်မြှောက်ပွဲ noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Catalan

3 entries

elecció noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
elecció noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
elecció noun (conscious choice)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

ھەڵبژاردن noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Chinese

2 entries

щүанҗү noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
選舉 /选举 noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

選舉 /选举 noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

選任 /选任 noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
選出 /选出 noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
選舉 /选举 noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Coptic

1 entries

ⲯⲩⲫⲟⲥ noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Czech

1 entries

volby noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Danish

3 entries

valg noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
valg noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
valg noun (conscious choice)

Dari

2 entries

اِنْتِخَاب noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
اِنْتِخَابَات noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Dutch

1 entries

verkiezing noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

選舉 /选举 noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Esperanto

3 entries

balotado noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
elektado noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
elekto noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Estonian

2 entries

valimine noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
valimised noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Faroese

2 entries

val noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
val noun (conscious choice)

Finnish

4 entries

vaali noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
valinta noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
valinta noun (conscious choice)
valinta vaaleilla noun (choice of a leader or representatives)

French

2 entries

élection noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
élection noun (choice of a leader or representatives)

Friulian

1 entries

elezion noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Galician

1 entries

elección noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Gan Chinese

1 entries

選舉 /选举 noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Georgian

1 entries

არჩევნები noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

German

1 entries

Wahl noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Greek

4 entries

εκλογές noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
εκλογή noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
εκλογή noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
εκλογή noun (conscious choice)

Gujarati

1 entries

ચૂંટણી noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

選舉 /选举 noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Hebrew

1 entries

בְּחִירוֹת noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Hindi

4 entries

इंतिख़ाब noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
इंतिख़ाबात noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
चुनाव noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
निर्वाचन noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Hungarian

1 entries

választás noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Icelandic

1 entries

kosningar noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Ido

1 entries

elekto noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Indonesian

1 entries

pemilihan noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

اِنْتِخاب noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
اِنْتِخابات noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Irish

1 entries

toghchán noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Italian

1 entries

elezione noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Japanese

3 entries

選任 noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
選出 noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
選挙 noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries

ileison noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
ileison noun (choice of a leader or representatives)

Kannada

1 entries

ಚುನಾವಣೆ noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Kazakh

1 entries

сайлау noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Khmer

1 entries

ការបោះឆ្នោត noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Korean

3 entries

선거 noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
선임 noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
선출 noun (choice of a leader or representatives)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

шайлоо noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Lao

1 entries

ການເລືອກຕັ້ງ noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Latvian

1 entries

vēlēšanas noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Lithuanian

1 entries

rinkimai noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Macedonian

1 entries

избори noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Malay

2 entries

pilihan raya noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
ڤيليهن راي noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Malayalam

1 entries

തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Maltese

1 entries

elezzjoni noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Manx

1 entries

reihys noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Marathi

1 entries

निवडणूक noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Middle Persian

1 entries

𐭥𐭩𐭧𐭲𐭭 noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Mongolian

2 entries

сонгууль noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
ᠰᠣᠩᠭᠤᠭᠤᠯᠢ noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Māori

1 entries

pōtitanga noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Norman

1 entries

êlection noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

hilbijartin noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

valg noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

val noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Occitan

1 entries

eleccion noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Odia

1 entries

ନିର୍ବାଚନ noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Oromo

1 entries

filannoo noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Pashto

2 entries

انتخابات noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
ټاکنه noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Piedmontese

1 entries

elession noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Wol noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Polish

2 entries

wybory noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
wybór noun (choice of a leader or representatives)

Portuguese

2 entries

eleição noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
eleição noun (choice of a leader or representatives)

Punjabi

2 entries

ਚੋਣ noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
ਨਿਰਵਾਚਨ noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Romanian

4 entries

alegere noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
alegere noun (conscious choice)
alegeri noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
desemnare noun (choice of a leader or representatives)

Russian

3 entries

вы́бор noun (conscious choice)
вы́боры noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
избра́ние noun (choice of a leader or representatives)

Sanskrit

1 entries

निर्वाचनम् noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

taghadh noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

izbori noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
избори noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Sinhalese

1 entries

මැතිවරණය noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Slovak

1 entries

voľby noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Slovene

1 entries

volitve noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Spanish

4 entries

comicios noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
elecciones noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
elección noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
elección noun (choice of a leader or representatives)

Swahili

1 entries

uchaguzi noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Swedish

3 entries

val noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
val noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
val noun (conscious choice)

Tagalog

4 entries

botohan noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
botohan noun (choice of a leader or representatives)
eleksiyon noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
eleksiyon noun (choice of a leader or representatives)

Tajik

1 entries

интихобот noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Tamil

1 entries

தேர்தல் noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Tatar

1 entries

сайлаулар noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Telugu

1 entries

ఎన్నిక noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Tetum

1 entries

eleisaun noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Thai

1 entries

การเลือกตั้ง noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Tibetan

2 entries

འོས་བསྡུ noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
འོས་ཤོག noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Tigrinya

2 entries

ምምራጽ noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
ምርጫ noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Turkish

2 entries

saylav noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
seçim noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Turkmen

1 entries

saýlav noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Ukrainian

1 entries

ви́бори noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Urdu

2 entries

اِنْتِخاب noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
اِنْتِخابات noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Uyghur

1 entries

سايلام noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Uzbek

2 entries

intixob noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
saylov noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Vietnamese

2 entries

sự bầu cử noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)
tuyển cử noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Welsh

1 entries

etholiad noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

選舉 /选举 noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Yiddish

1 entries

וואַלן noun (process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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It is said that there will be an election soon.

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Election returns were what we had expected.

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Mary felt happy when she learned the results of the election.

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There is little, if any, hope that Tom will win the election.

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Election

Synonyms for "election" (92 found)

Closest matches (19)

Strong matches (27)

Related words (46)

Related word relations

More general

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Synonyms

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Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Antillean Creole

Arabic

Armenian

Assamese

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Coptic

Czech

Danish

Dari

Dutch

Eastern Min Chinese

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Friulian

Galician

Gan Chinese

Georgian

German

Greek

Gujarati

Hakka Chinese

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kabuverdianu

Kannada

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latvian

Lithuanian

Macedonian

Malay

Malayalam