Synonyms for referendum
ˌrɛf əˈrɛn dəmref·er·en·dum

Princeton's WordNet

1. referendumnoun

   a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate

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1. List of paraphrases for "referendum":

   referenda, poll, plebiscite, référendum, referendums

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1. David Cameron:

   The referendum must take place before the end of 2017. If I think we could do that earlier I would be delighted. The sooner I can deliver on this commitment of a renegotiation and a referendum ... the better .

2. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble:

   If the Greek government thinks it must hold a referendum, then let it hold a referendum, that might even be a helpful measure for the Greek people to decide whether it is ready to accept what is necessary, or whether it wants something different.

3. Takako Masai:

   The market seems to think the worst can be avoided and that Greece will accept the bailout after the referendum, if we see more opinion polls on the referendum in coming days, they will surely move the market.

4. Donald Trump:

   This November 6 election is very much a referendum on not only me, This November 6 election's a referendum on your religion, This November 6 election's a referendum on free speech and the First Amendment. It's a referendum on so much, it's not a question of like or dislike, it's a question that they will overturn everything that we've done and they will do it quickly and violently. And violently. There is violence. When you look at Antifa -- these are violent people.

5. Alvin Tan:

   I don't think Brexit becomes a real issue until well into next year, in the Scottish referendum we had one big move following a poll that came out just before the referendum. Before then we had almost nothing.