Synonyms for elect
ɪˈlɛktelect

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1. electnoun

   Antonyms:
   reprobate

2. electnoun

   Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.

   He is the President-elect.

   Antonyms:
   reprobate

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1. elect

   Prefer indicates a state of desire and approval; choose, an act of will. Prudence or generosity may lead one to choose what he does not prefer. Select implies a careful consideration of the reasons for preference and choice. Among objects so nearly alike that we have no reason to prefer any one to another we may simply choose the nearest, but we could not be said to select it. Aside from theology, elect is popularly confined to the political sense; as, a free people elect their own rulers. Cull, from the Latin colligere, commonly means to collect, as well as to select. In a garden we cull the choicest flowers.

   Synonyms:
   choose, cull, pick, pick out, prefer, select

   Antonyms:
   cast away, cast out, decline, disclaim, dismiss, leave, refuse, reject, repudiate, throw aside

   Preposition:
   Choose from or from among the number; choose out of the army; choose between (or betwixt) two; among many; choose for the purpose.

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1. electadjective

   Synonyms:
   elite, choice, accepted, chosen

   Antonyms:
   rejected, reprobate

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1. chosen, electadjective

   an exclusive group of people

   "one of the elect who have power inside the government"

   Synonyms:
   chosen

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, unselected

2. elect, eliteadjective

   selected as the best

   "an elect circle of artists"; "elite colleges"

   Synonyms:
   elect(ip), elite

   Antonyms:
   unselected, outgoing

3. elect(ip)verb

   elected but not yet installed in office

   "the president elect"

   Antonyms:
   unselected, outgoing

4. electverb

   select by a vote for an office or membership

   "We elected him chairman of the board"

   Antonyms:
   unselected, outgoing

5. electverb

   choose

   "I elected to have my funds deposited automatically"

   Antonyms:
   outgoing, unselected

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1. electverb

   Synonyms:
   CHOOSE, select, cull, pick, pick out, make choice of

2. electadjective

   Synonyms:
   chosen, selected, picked, choice

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1. List of paraphrases for "elect":

   choose, election, elects, select, opt, elected, elections, pick, electoral

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1. Jen Psaki:

   In the coming days and weeks, we will be announcing additional executive actions that confront these challenges and deliver on the president-elect’s promises to the American people.

2. Kimberly Reed:

   Our country is in a much stronger position now, and I hope that President-elect Biden will continue this effort.

3. Michael Caputo:

   I think that when we elect Michael Grimm here, we'll be able to prove to these people who are weaponizing the DOJ and all of its bodies that the people aren't standing for it anymore, in my mind, this is a battle for the President. Not just because somebody supports the President, somebody doesn't, but the entrenched political interests who targeted and went after Michael Grimm are ones who went after and targeted the President.

4. Thomas Hodgson:

   They have it, I believe it’s going over to their domestic policy advisers, we will have to wait to see if it’s something the president-elect is interested in.

5. Drew Hammill:

   Leader Pelosi is confident in Leader Pelosi support among members and members-elect. Democrats don't let Republicans choose their leaders. The election proved that the GOP attacks on Leader Pelosi simply do not work.