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

All 435 House seats plus 35 Senate seats will be on the ballot, and voters in 36 states will be electing governors. — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

At one point, Vance, who arrived in Topeka fresh off another rally in Montana, warned against electing Hamilton to represent Texas. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026

Unlike in the United States, Israelis vote for political parties rather than directly electing their head of government. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

How Israel's elections work Israelis vote for parties rather than directly electing a prime minister, with the Knesset’s 120 seats allocated through proportional representation. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

At SpaceX, Class B holders keep electing their directors as long as a single Class B share is outstanding. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026

As Telemundo did not take advantage of the breaks, electing instead to keep its cameras trained on the pitch as the players quenched their thirst, Fox enjoyed all the benefits from the new advertising opportunity. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Voters in Ohio, Alaska, and Texas might end up electing their first Democratic governors in decades. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

The contest has drawn attention because a Democratic victory could end Kansas’ 94-year streak of electing Republican senators. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026