Synonyms for vote
Most common
ballot balloting suffrage enfranchisement poll elect referendum plebiscite
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Suffrage
suffrage, enfranchisement, franchise, suffragist, voice dated
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
The city council decided the matter should go to public vote.
- n. 2
An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.
The Supreme Court upheld the principle of one person, one vote.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- votes → ballots, ballotings, suffrages, enfranchisements…
Example sentences
- ballot The results of the ballot are a foregone conclusion.
- suffrage The women led the movement to obtain female suffrage.
- poll My refusal to explain exempts me from the poll.
- elect They elect their representatives in a voting booth.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| vote | falling | |
| ballot | falling | |
| balloting | falling | |
| suffrage | steady | |
| enfranchisement | steady | |
| poll | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- poll1
- 5 letters
- voice1, elect2
- 6 letters
- choose1, ticket2, ballot2
- 8 letters
- suffrage2
- 9 letters
- franchise2, balloting3
- 10 letters
- referendum4, plebiscite3, suffragist3
- 15 letters
- enfranchisement
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (elect2 = 2 syllables).