Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun elect

1 sense of elect

Sense 1
chosen, elect -- (an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have power inside the government")
       => elite, elite group -- (a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb elect

2 senses of elect

Sense 1
elect -- (select by a vote for an office or membership; "We elected him chairman of the board")
       => choose, take, select, pick out -- (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her")

Sense 2
elect -- (choose; "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically")
       => choose, take, select, pick out -- (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her")

Antonyms of adj elect

2 senses of elect

Sense 1
elect, elite -- (selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges")

INDIRECT (VIA selected) -> unselected -- (not selected)

Sense 2
elect (postnominal) -- (elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect")

INDIRECT (VIA incoming) -> outgoing -- (leaving a place or a position; "an outgoing steamship")

Similarity of adj elect

2 senses of elect

Sense 1
elect, elite -- (selected as the best; "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges")
       => selected (vs. unselected) -- (chosen in preference to another)

Sense 2
elect (postnominal) -- (elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect")
       => incoming (vs. outgoing) -- (arriving at a place or position; "incoming class"; "incoming mail")