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

House Republicans also chose their next leader on Tuesday, electing Jim Jordan of Ohio over Steve Scalise of Louisiana to serve as House minority leader as the GOP prepares to relinquish control of both chambers of Congress. — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026

The Senate Leadership Fund, the GOP’s super PAC dedicated to electing Republicans to the Senate, spent the most on these types of attack ads, more than $16 million. — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2026

Elon Musk put at least $447 million toward electing Republicans. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026

If the war with Iran draws to a close and problems like inflation improve, voters might reward Democrats by re-electing them, even in red-leaning districts. — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026

After four decades without electing a Democrat to the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, voters Tuesday appeared to hand the party a majority. — Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026

The race tightened into a near dead heat despite Oregon not electing a Republican governor in more than four decades. — Spencer Kimball,garrett Downs,dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,justin Papp, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

In Texas and California, Latino voters turned out in huge numbers, helping to make history in each state by electing one of their own as governor for the first time. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Dozens of states are electing governors Beyond Washington, 36 states are electing governors. — Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026