Canvass Synonyms

kănvəs
To seek votes
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. campaign
  2. solicit votes
  3. canvas
  4. agitate
  5. apply
To sell from house to house
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. call upon
  2. peddle
  3. sell door-to-door
  4. ring doorbells
An oil painting on canvas fabric
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. canvas
  2. canvas tent
  3. questionary
A heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. canvas
The mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. canvas
  2. sail
  3. sheet
An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. poll
  2. opinion-poll
  3. public-opinion poll

Words Related to Canvass

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. sell
  2. consult
  3. interview
  4. leafletting
  5. ballot

Canvass Sentence Examples

  • The tone of the canvass was one of unusual bitterness, amounting sometimes to actual ferocity.

  • After a heated canvass, in which he made a series of brilliant speeches, he was beaten by a narrow margin in New York.

  • In the November election after a canvass that almost equalled in activity that of 1896 he was again defeated, receiving only 155 electoral votes to 292.

  • We r doing a full ward canvass but ignoring students as they'll vote lib dem!

  • Once the canvass has been completed we publish a revised version of the register of electors by 1st December each year.

More Sentences

Related Articles