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voter

voter

1.0
A person who by law can choose leaders in an election
  • noun
  • /ˈvoʊtər/
translation icon : votante
  • It is important for each voter to understand the candidates and issues before voting.
  • voter turnout
  • voter registration
  • voter support

You have to convince the voters that they should vote.

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Examples

  • And I think that some Democratic primary voters are still kind of stuck.

  • The time has come for voter ID, like everything else.

  • And I come very close to being a single issue voter on the budget.

  • And do what your voters want you to do.

  • But here too, voters can be a big help.

  • The press likes it, the voters like it, even your mother will like it.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • "Any idea why so many voters came out today?" he asked the panel.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • You have to convince the voters that they should vote.

  • Got to show the voters they did the right thing passing the bond issue.

  • And they've been fighting against voter suppression for quite some time.

Synonyms

elector
vsvoter
8 5.4

A person who has the right to vote in an election

is the same meaning but is used more in everyday speech
electress
vsvoter
  • Archaic
9.9

A woman who has the right to vote in an election

is the gender neutral term for any person with legal voting rights

Antonyms

1 4.1

A person who can vote but chooses not to do so

Compounds

30 3.2

The number or percentage of eligible people who vote in an election

22 2.8

A person aged about 18 to 29 who can vote in elections

20 4.2

A person who sometimes votes for different political parties and can decide the result of an election

1 7.1

A person who belongs to one political party but votes in another party's primary

floating voter
  • Literature
5.6

A person who does not always support the same political party and may choose differently in each election

How Active

campaigner
27 3.7
constituent
144 6.7
voter
1.0
resident
1.8

Surface Forms

voter singular
voters plural

Morphology

voter = vote (transparent) = vote + er

A straightforward agentive nominalization: 'vote' + productive suffix '-er' yields 'voter' meaning 'one who votes'.

Etymology

Voter comes from the word vote, which goes back to the Latin votare meaning 'to wish' and is the same root as the English word vow. So, thinking of a vote as a public 'wish' or choice helps: a voter is someone who makes that choice in an election.