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

The day started positively for the hosts, with skipper Pat Cummins winning the toss and electing to bat. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026

The opposition Fidesz party said ​it would not participate in the process of electing the president, and accused Tisza of authoritarian policies, allegations which ​Tisza denied. — Reuters, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026

The District 6-4A Division II Executive Committee did not rule on the matter, electing to refer it directly to the UIL SEC for review. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026

Masterson will aim to capitalize on Kansas’ decades-long tradition of trading off executive power between Republican and Democratic governors without electing candidates of the same party consecutively. — Carrie Rengers, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

Legislators have no say in appointments Backers of the Kansas proposal brush aside arguments that electing the justices will give wealthy donors control over the Supreme Court. — John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

But electing new leadership without changing the culture allows the same system to persist under a different name. — Alaina Hampton, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Rookie right-hander Trevor McDonald will definitively miss the remainder of this season and then some, electing to undergo UCL reconstruction surgery that could cost him the entire 2027 season. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 29 July 2026

Telemundo kept things old school, electing to keep its cameras trained on the pitch during the breaks, but in doing so the Spanish-language network may have left another $250 million on the table. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 July 2026