VOTE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of vote

as in suffrage

the right to formally express one's position or will in an election in the United States, women were granted the vote by the 19th Amendment in 1920

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disenfranchisement

as in ballot

a piece of paper indicating a person's preferences in an election dropped her vote into the ballot box

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as in say

the right to express a wish, choice, or opinion he argued for a vote in the matter, since he was going to be affected by the final decision

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vote

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verb

ˈvōt

as in to propose

to set before the mind for consideration I vote we quit working and go out for lunch

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Recent Examples of vote

Noun

Now the nomination proceeds to a full Senate vote—a date for that is still pending. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026 Seventy-eight Democrats in the Assembly and Senate backed the bill, while a handful of members of the supermajority party withheld their votes and Republicans voted en masse against it. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Verb

Many members of the public were coerced into voting a certain way by reading the news. — Eli Grober, New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2026 Vance predicted that Florida voters would vote out Democrats in a similar fashion to removing the protesters. — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vote

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vote

Noun

Connecting suffrage to the early civil rights movement, Dowd Hall demonstrates how a sizable network of churchgoing white women revolted against the white patriarchy and helped put an end to lynching in the South.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
The 19th Amendment The result of a long struggle for women’s suffrage, the 19th Amendment was first introduced in Congress in 1878 but did not pass over many years and subsequent introductions.

— Christopher A. Cooper, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of suffrage

Noun

Paradoxically, while these entertaining figures can attract voters disillusioned with traditional politics, the ballots cast for them also add to their parties’ total under Brazil’s electoral system.

— Mauricio Savarese, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Oregon In Oregon, the state runs on an all-mail-in ballot system.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of ballot

Verb

Now suppose the group of 300 proposes its own three-person slate.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Incredible influence can be bought for just a few tens of millions of dollars, and members of the Forbes 400 would still easily retain tens of millions of dollars even after the levels of wealth taxation that have been proposed.

— Jeff Hoopes, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of propose

Noun

Dozens of flights to and from Catalina Island have crashed over the years, with pilots saying the airport poses its share of challenges.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Until now, scientists could measure the total phosphorus preserved in ancient rocks, but determining the share that was actually available to marine life remained challenging.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of share

Verb

Does the emphasis in this summer’s shows on Lee’s painting suggest a new phase in the reception of his work—situating him, perhaps, in greater proximity to Korean dansaekhwa painting than to the School of Things?

— Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
This may be true, but there is also the chance that the result is based on incomplete data, and the finding is much less definitive than the AI may suggest.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of suggest

Noun

Continuing its strategy from the regular season, NBC has combined one local analyst from each side with its own play-by-play voice for this week’s four Wild-Card series.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Her team needed meaning and voice, her peers needed shared value and senior leaders needed strategic relevance.

— Andriana Eliadis, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of voice

Verb

Jon Stewart set his sights on AI on the latest episode of The Daily Show, unpacking the threats posed by the technology and Donald Trump‘s mediocre reaction.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
The season finale — or possibly the series finale, since HBO hasn’t renewed the show yet — wrapped up the mystery posed by the show’s premiere of who killed Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler).

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

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