Synonyms of electing

electing

verb

present participle of elect

as in selecting

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

• selecting
• choosing
• picking
• taking
• naming
• preferring
• designating
• culling
• nominating
• handpicking
• tagging
• appointing
• singling (out)
• opting (for)
• cherry-picking
• adopting
• accepting
• tapping
• preselecting
• embracing
• marking
• espousing
• setting
• fixing
• tabbing
• settling (on or upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• rejecting
• declining
• turning down
• repudiating
• disapproving
• discarding
• spurning
• throwing away
• throwing out
• negativing
• jettisoning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of electing

As Anderson brings the ball down, Bellingham has drifted into the No 9 position, electing to keep his distance from centre-back Torbjorn Heggem before making his burst towards the box to get on the end of Gordon’s pass. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 13 July 2026

The Upper Midwest has populist traditions going back decades, including by electing progressive and conservative populists, said Steven Schier, a political science professor at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. — ABC News, 13 July 2026

Voters electing representatives to municipal office should be able to have their priorities met without the state government putting up more guardrails to local tax policy. — Oliver Adams Larkin, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2026

Smid and Daniel, who conducted a majority of the cross-examination for the defense, did not take questions from reporters, electing instead to have Mason speak for the group. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026

Regardless, in this scenario, voters would be electing the immediate replacement and the full-term lawmaker on the same Election Day. — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

But candidates spent just $700,000 in campaign funds for childcare between 2018 and 2025, according to a report by the Vote Mama Foundation, an organization that supports electing mothers to office. — Maya Henry, Oklahoma Watch, 7 July 2026

Namely, Section 2 of the law, which bars election practices that prevent voters from electing the candidate of their choice. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

Half said electing a younger, more progressive generation willing to challenge the establishment is a top priority in this year's primaries. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 23 June 2026