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 elected

1 sense of elected

Sense 1
elective (vs. appointive), elected -- (subject to popular election; "elective official")


Similarity of adj elected

1 sense of elected

Sense 1
elective (vs. appointive), elected -- (subject to popular election; "elective official")
       => electoral -- (relating to or composed of electors; "electoral college")
       => nonappointive -- (filled by popular election rather than by appointment)