VOTE Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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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Relevance

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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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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

As recently as September, a bill to approve Iron Dome supplemental funding passed in the House with only nine dissenting votes. —

Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026 Democrats won in a landslide in the 2025 gubernatorial election, but Virginia is still a fairly purple state, and Tuesday's redistricting vote seems to be a toss-up, even as the pro-redistricting side has massively outspent its opponents. —

Jahd Khalil, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026

Verb

The last time the Senate voted to disapprove arms sales to Israel, 27 Democrats backed the measure. —

Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026 Peruvians voted for president on Sunday. —

ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vote

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vote

Noun

Some events the quilters chose to highlight are the Boston Tea Party, Emancipation Proclamation, Wounded Knee, women’s suffrage, Chinese railroad workers, desegregation, the Flint Strike and student protests.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Another installation will tell the story of women's history through shoes, from the suffrage movement of the early 1900s to the heyday of Hollywood.

— Jane Levere, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2026