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

4 senses of election

Sense 1
election -- (a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight")
       => vote -- (the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote")

Sense 2
election -- (the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice; "her election of medicine as a profession")
       => choice, selection, option, pick -- (the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick")

Sense 3
election -- (the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election")
       => status, position -- (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life")

Sense 4
election -- (the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists))
       => predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination -- ((theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind))