Synonyms for elect
ɪˈlɛktelect

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1. electnoun

   Antonyms:
   reprobate

2. electnoun

   Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.

   He is the President-elect.

   Antonyms:
   reprobate

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1. elect

   Prefer indicates a state of desire and approval; choose, an act of will. Prudence or generosity may lead one to choose what he does not prefer. Select implies a careful consideration of the reasons for preference and choice. Among objects so nearly alike that we have no reason to prefer any one to another we may simply choose the nearest, but we could not be said to select it. Aside from theology, elect is popularly confined to the political sense; as, a free people elect their own rulers. Cull, from the Latin colligere, commonly means to collect, as well as to select. In a garden we cull the choicest flowers.

   Synonyms:
   choose, cull, pick, pick out, prefer, select

   Antonyms:
   cast away, cast out, decline, disclaim, dismiss, leave, refuse, reject, repudiate, throw aside

   Preposition:
   Choose from or from among the number; choose out of the army; choose between (or betwixt) two; among many; choose for the purpose.

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1. electadjective

   Synonyms:
   elite, choice, accepted, chosen

   Antonyms:
   rejected, reprobate

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1. chosen, electadjective

   an exclusive group of people

   "one of the elect who have power inside the government"

   Synonyms:
   chosen

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, unselected

2. elect, eliteadjective

   selected as the best

   "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"

   Synonyms:
   elect(ip), elite

   Antonyms:
   unselected, outgoing

3. elect(ip)verb

   elected but not yet installed in office

   "the president elect"

   Antonyms:
   unselected, outgoing

4. electverb

   select by a vote for an office or membership

   "We elected him chairman of the board"

   Antonyms:
   unselected, outgoing

5. electverb

   choose

   "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, unselected

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1. electverb

   Synonyms:
   CHOOSE, select, cull, pick, pick out, make choice of

2. electadjective

   Synonyms:
   chosen, selected, picked, choice

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1. List of paraphrases for "elect":

   choose, election, elects, select, opt, elected, elections, pick, electoral

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1. State Dave Scanlan:

   We don’t view President-Elect Trump’s statement as a negative, but think it will probably generate a healthy discussion in front of our state legislature come January.

2. The DNC:

   I was skeptical of the proposal, but I'm Bill Owen, and the most important thing we can do is elect Democrats this fall and in 2020.

3. Anais Nin:

   Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

4. Kris Kobach:

   Ultimately it’s his call, there will be a great deal of consistency between the platform and President-elect Trump’s policies – that is, with the caveat that every decision is the president’s decision.

5. Antonis Samaras:

   They (Syriza) shouldn't drag the country to early elections due to the presidential vote, leading to instability now that we are close to finally exiting the crisis, if they want to coordinate and see how we can elect a president together, then national coordination is feasible.