ballot

The word “ballot” has 2 syllables: bal-lot

It's pronounced as /ˈbælət/


What is synonym and antonym for ballot?

In the thesaurus, “ballot” has 29 synonyms and 1 antonym.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ballot along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for ballot

  • Australian ballot
  • absentee ballot
  • ay
  • aye
  • blackball
  • choice
  • election
  • enfranchisement
  • franchise
  • lineup
  • nay
  • no
  • non placet
  • plebiscite
  • poll
  • polling
  • referendum
  • say
  • say-so
  • secret ballot
  • short ballot
  • slate
  • suffrage
  • tally
  • ticket
  • voice
  • vote
  • write-in
  • yea

Antonyms for ballot

  • disenfranchisement

Meanings of ballot

  • noun
    1. Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
    2. The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
    3. The total of all the votes cast in an election.
    4. A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
  • verb
    1. To vote or decide by ballot.
    2. To draw lots.

Example Sentences

  • Citizens cast their votes on the ballot during the election.
  • The candidates campaigned vigorously to win support before the ballot.
  • It's important to carefully consider the issues before marking your choices on the ballot.
  • The ballot results will determine the outcome of the election.
  • Each voter receives a unique ballot to ensure the integrity of the voting process.

On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ballot, such as: Australian ballot, absentee ballot, ay, aye, blackball, choice, disenfranchisement.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

electors

  • balloters
  • body of voters
  • body politic
  • choosers
  • citizenry
  • citizens
  • city
  • commonwealth
  • community
  • constituents
  • county
  • deciders
  • district
  • electorate
  • faction
  • grassroots
  • homeland
  • inhabitants
  • kingdom
  • land
  • namers
  • nation
  • native land
  • nominators
  • patria
  • people
  • pickers
  • polity
  • populace
  • precinct
  • public
  • realm
  • region
  • selectors
  • society
  • soil
  • sovereign state
  • state
  • system
  • terrain
  • voters
  • voting area
  • ward

polls

  • alternative
  • appointment
  • ballot
  • ballot box
  • balloting
  • balloting place
  • beans
  • blocks
  • bobs
  • canvases
  • canvasses
  • choice
  • circularizes
  • clips
  • crania
  • craniums
  • crops
  • crowns
  • curtails
  • cuts
  • cuts back
  • decision
  • determination
  • docks
  • domes
  • franchise
  • heads
  • interrogates
  • interviews
  • judgment
  • manicures
  • mazards
  • mazzards
  • mows
  • nips
  • nobs
  • noddles
  • noggins
  • noodles
  • nuts
  • occipita
  • occiputs
  • option
  • pares
  • pates
  • pinches
  • poll
  • polling place
  • preference
  • primary
  • prunes
  • questions
  • referendum
  • scalps
  • selection
  • shaves
  • shears
  • shortens
  • skives
  • skulls
  • snips
  • solicits
  • stumps
  • surveys
  • ticket
  • trims
  • vote-casting
  • voting machine
  • whittles

election

  • alternative
  • appointment
  • assignment
  • ballot
  • balloting
  • choice
  • choosing
  • decision
  • designation
  • determination
  • discernment
  • discretion
  • druthers
  • franchise
  • free will
  • inclination
  • judgement
  • judgment
  • liberty
  • liking
  • naming
  • nomination
  • option
  • partiality
  • penchant
  • perspicacity
  • pick
  • picking
  • poll
  • polls
  • predilection
  • preference
  • primary
  • proclivity
  • propensity
  • referendum
  • say
  • selecting
  • selection
  • tendency
  • ticket
  • voice
  • volition
  • vote
  • vote-casting
  • way
  • will

sampling

  • analogy
  • appetizer
  • application
  • archetype
  • ballot
  • bit
  • bite
  • canvass
  • case
  • case history
  • case in point
  • census
  • citation
  • clarification
  • classic
  • constituent
  • copy
  • count
  • cross section
  • dash
  • detail
  • drop
  • element
  • elucidation
  • embodiment
  • epitome
  • examining
  • example
  • excuse
  • exemplar
  • exemplification
  • exhibit
  • explanation
  • exploring
  • exponent
  • figures
  • for instance
  • fragment
  • grab bag
  • ground
  • hint
  • ideal
  • illustration
  • indication
  • individual
  • instance
  • interpretation
  • investigating
  • item
  • kind of thing
  • lesson
  • locus classicus
  • microcosm
  • model
  • morsel
  • mouthful
  • nip
  • object
  • occasion
  • occurrence
  • opinion
  • original
  • paradigm
  • paragon
  • part
  • particular
  • pattern
  • personification
  • piece
  • poll
  • portion
  • precedent
  • proof
  • prototype
  • public opinion poll
  • quotation
  • random sample
  • reason
  • representation
  • representative
  • resampling
  • researching
  • retesting
  • returns
  • sample
  • sampler
  • segment
  • selection
  • sign
  • sip
  • slice
  • sort
  • species
  • specimen
  • spoonful
  • sprinkling
  • standard
  • stereotype
  • straw vote
  • studying
  • suggestion
  • survey
  • swallow
  • symbol
  • testing
  • tidbit
  • time
  • tincture
  • titbit
  • touch
  • transection
  • trifle
  • type
  • typification
  • unit
  • variety
  • vote
  • voting
  • whiff
  • wink

absentee ballots

  • Australian ballots
  • ayes
  • ballots
  • blackballs
  • nays
  • noes
  • non placets
  • nos
  • referenda
  • referendums
  • secret ballots
  • short ballots
  • tickets
  • votes
  • write-ins
  • yeas

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