Elector

/ɪˈlɛktə/

Synonyms for "elector" (11 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
votercollege electorconstituent

Strong matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
electoral delegateelectoral representative

Related words (5)

Noun(1 words)
electorate member

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: voter, college elector, constituent, electoral delegate, electoral representative.
  • Sentence evidence is available for elector, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
  • Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, derived_reverse.

Synonym selection checklist

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  • Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
  • Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "elector".
  • Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "elector"

Keep "elector" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

1. Preserve meaning

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2. Tune tone

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Final fit check

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If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "elector" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

7 entries
citizenconstituentelectoral body memberpolitical actorpolitical participantprincevoter

More specific

5 entries
adult votereligible electorfaithless electorparty electorstate elector

Collocations

6 entries
adult voterelectoral collegeelectorate sizeeligible electorstate electorvoter turnout

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Translations

93 translations across 57 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • zgjedhës noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Arabic

2 entries
  • نَاخِب noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • نَاخِبَة noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ընտրող noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • seçici noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Basque

1 entries
  • hautesle noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • вы́барнік noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • вы́барніца noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • вы́баршчык noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • вы́баршчыца noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • избира́тел noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • избира́телка noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Catalan

2 entries
  • elector noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • electora noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 選舉人 /选举人 noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Czech

2 entries
  • volič noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • volička noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Danish

1 entries
  • vælger noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Dutch

1 entries
  • kiezer noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Estonian

1 entries
  • valija noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Finnish

2 entries
  • äänestäjä noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • äänioikeutettu noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

French

2 entries
  • votant noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • électeur m votard noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ამომრჩეველი noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

German

4 entries
  • Stimmbürger noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • Urnengänger noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • Wahlberechtigter noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • Wähler noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Greek

1 entries
  • ψηφοφόρος noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בּוֹחֵר noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Hindi

1 entries
  • निर्वाचक noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • választó noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pemilih noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Italian

1 entries
  • elettore noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 選挙人 noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • сайлаушы noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Korean

1 entries
  • 선거인 noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • шайлоочу noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Latvian

2 entries
  • vēlētāja noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • vēlētājs noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • rinkėjas noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • избирач noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • избирачка noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Malay

1 entries
  • pengundi noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Manx

1 entries
  • reihder noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • сонгогч noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • ᠰᠣᠩᠭᠤᠭᠴᠢ noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Māori

1 entries
  • kaipōti noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Norman

1 entries
  • êlecteu noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • velger noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • veljar noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Persian

1 entries
  • رأیدهنده noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Polish

3 entries
  • elektor noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • wyborca noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • wyborczyni noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • eleitor noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Romanian

2 entries
  • alegătoare noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • alegător noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Russian

4 entries
  • вы́борщик noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • вы́борщица noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • избира́тель noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • избира́тельница noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • biràčica noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • bìrāč noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • бира̀чица noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • бѝра̄ч noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • eletturi noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Slovak

2 entries
  • volič noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • volička noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Slovene

2 entries
  • volivec noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • volivka noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Spanish

2 entries
  • elector noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • votante noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Swedish

1 entries
  • väljare noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Tajik

1 entries
  • интихобкунанда noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Turkish

2 entries
  • saylavcı noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • seçmen noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • saýlawçy noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • saýlaýjy noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́борець noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • ви́борниця noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • вибірни́к noun (person eligible to vote in an election)
  • вибірни́ця noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • سايلىغۇچى noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • saylovchi noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cử tri noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Walloon

1 entries
  • vôteu noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • וויילער noun (person eligible to vote in an election)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Where the qualifications of the electors are the ſame, whether they have to chooſe a ſmall or a large number their votes will fall upon thoſe in whom they have the moſt confidence; whether thoſe happen to be men of large fortunes or of moderate property or of no property at all.

Source: wiktionary

The conſtitution of France ſays, that every man who pays a tax of ſixty ſous per annum, (2s. and 6d. Engliſh), is an elector.— [...] Can any thing be more limited, and at the ſame time more capricious, than what the qualifications of electors are in England? [...] Capricious—becauſe the loweſt character that can be ſuppoſed to exiſt, and who has not ſo much as the viſible means of an honeſt livelihood, is an elector in ſome places; while, in other places, the man who pays very large taxes, and with a fair known character, and the farmer who rents to the amount of three or four hundred pounds a year, and with a property on that farm to three or four times that amount, is not admitted to be an elector.

Source: wiktionary

In the courſe of not many years muſt the electours of one place grapple in the waves for their town, and at preſent a ſeptennial conſequence is given to a heap of ruins.

Source: wiktionary

But in France is practice of bribing electors is almost unknown, whilst it is notoriously and publicly carried on in England.

Source: wiktionary

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