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

3 senses of nomination

Sense 1
nomination -- (the act of officially naming a candidate; "the Republican nomination for Governor")
       => appointment, assignment, designation, naming -- (the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee")

Sense 2
nomination -- (the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election; "there was keen competition for the nomination"; "his nomination was hotly protested")
       => condition, status -- (a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations")

Sense 3
nominating speech, nominating address, nomination -- (an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election; "the nomination was brief and to the point")
       => oratory -- (addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory")