Synonyms of elected

elected

verb

past tense of elect

as in selected

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities

I've elected to study French as my foreign language

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selected
• chose
• picked
• named
• took
• preferred
• designated
• culled
• nominated
• appointed
• handpicked
• opted (for)
• singled (out)
• tagged
• adopted
• cherry-picked
• accepted
• tapped
• marked
• preselected
• espoused
• embraced
• set
• settled (on or upon)
• fixed
• tabbed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refused
• rejected
• declined
• turned down
• repudiated
• disapproved
• discarded
• spurned
• negatived
• jettisoned
• threw out
• threw away

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of elected

Mills was elected to the House to represent Florida's 7th District in 2022 and reelected in 2024. — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Their street protests across the 2000s ultimately gave rise to future freedom fighter Volodymyr Zelensky being elected president in 2019, with a hyper-tech campaign across Ukraine’s cybersphere that was engineered by Web wunderkind Mykhailo Fedorov. — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Multiple internal investigations Abarca was elected to the Legislature in 2023, and was elected chair by a 5-4 vote in January. — Ilana Arougheti july 21, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026

He was first elected in 2022, but won his reelection bid in 2024 with 50% of the vote in the district that runs from Tucson toward the border with Mexico. — Saige Miller, NPR, 21 July 2026

With the Padres trailing 1-0 with two out in the eighth, Gomez elected to go for the win instead of letting Kirby finish. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Four Democratic candidates for county offices spoke before the march and described the jail system as a humanitarian crisis being neglected by the Republican majority elected to Tarrant County Commissioners Court. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026

Politics in a nonpartisan race The Broward Teachers Union has not endorsed a Republican since before Fusco was elected union president in 2016. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

At the time of his death, Lindsey, who was first elected to the Senate in 2002, was still serving his position. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026