Elective synonyms

ĭ-lĕk'tĭv

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choice (related)
Especially good or preferred.
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voting
(Finance) Having an associated right for the holder to vote as an owner of business.
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discretionary
Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
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not required
Subject to choice
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electoral (related)
Of, or relating to elections
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optional (related)
The definition of optional is available, but not required.
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appointive (antonym)
Of or filled by appointment
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voluntary
(Law) Without legal obligation or consideration:
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not compulsory
Subject to choice
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constituent
Serving as part of a whole; component:
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facultative
(Geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.
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elected
subject to popular election
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elective course
a course that the student can select from among alternatives
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required (antonym)
Needed; essential:
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outpatient (related)
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out-patient (related)
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inpatient (related)
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in-patient (related)
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undergraduate (related)
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Elective Sentence Examples

  • The system of local self-government is continued, so far as the 34 governments of old Russia are concerned, 6 in the elective district and provincial assemblies (zemstvos).

  • The last section is partly elective and partly nominated.

  • There is also an elective general council.

  • The elective councils for the department and for the arrondissement (a new area which replaced the "districts" of the year 1795) continued to exist, but they sat only for a fortnight in the year and had to deal mainly with the assessment of taxes for their respective areas.

  • A general state law enacted in 1904 placed the management of school affairs in the hands of an elective council of seven members, five chosen at large and two by districts.

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