Synonyms for enfranchise
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To grant the franchise to an entity, specifically: To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
Related words
- Word family
- enfranchisement
- Other spellings
- enfranchize
Forms
- Past participle
- enfranchised
e.g. enfranchised → freed, emancipated, manumitted, affranchised…
Example sentences
- liberate Work doesn't liberate, it eventually makes you tired.
- emancipate There are five ways to emancipate themselves from the bond of worldly passions.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| enfranchise | steady | |
| liberate | steady | |
| emancipate | steady | |
| manumit | steady | |
| affranchise | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- free1
- 7 letters
- release2, manumit
- 8 letters
- liberate3
- 10 letters
- emancipate4
- 11 letters
- affranchise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (release2 = 2 syllables).