| Main Entry: | poll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | census; tally of answers to questions of opinion |
Synonyms: |
ballot, canvass, count, figures, opinion, returns, sampling, survey, vote, voting |
| Main Entry: | poll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take census; question |
Synonyms: |
ballot, canvass, enroll, examine, interview, list, register, sample, send up a balloon, survey, tally, test the waters, vote |
| Main Entry: | ballot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voting; recording of vote |
Synonyms: |
election, franchise, plebiscite, poll, polling, referendum, slate, tally, ticket |
| Main Entry: | census |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | head count |
Synonyms: |
demographics, demography, enumeration, poll, population tally, statistics, stats |
| Notes: | a census is an official, periodic, count of the population; a consensus is an agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole |
| Main Entry: | check |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inspection, examination |
Synonyms: |
analysis, audit, checkup, control, inquiry, investigation, poll, rein, research, review, scrutiny, test |
| Main Entry: | count |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tally; number |
Synonyms: |
calculation, computation, enumeration, numbering, outcome, poll, reckoning, result, sum, toll, total, whole |
Antonyms: |
estimate, guess |
| Main Entry: | decide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a determination; settle an issue |
Synonyms: |
adjudge, adjudicate, agree, arrive at conclusion, award, call shots, cast the die, choose, cinch, clinch, come to agreement, come to conclusion, come to decision, commit oneself, conclude, conjecture, decree, determine, draw a conclusion, elect, end, establish, figure, fix upon, form opinion, gather, go down line, guess, have final word, judge, make a decision, make up mind, mediate, opt, pick, poll, purpose, reach decision, resolve, rule, select, set, surmise, take a stand, tap, vote, will |
Antonyms: |
defer, delay, hesitate, postpone, procrastinate, put off, wait |
| Main Entry: | election |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | choosing; voting |
Synonyms: |
alternative, appointment, ballot, balloting, choice, decision, determination, franchise, judgment, option, poll, polls, preference, primary, referendum, selection, ticket, vote-casting |
| Main Entry: | enroll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | list, record |
Synonyms: |
affix, bill, book, catalog, chronicle, engross, enlist, enter, file, fill out, index, inscribe, insert, inventorize, mark, matriculate, note, poll, register, schedule, slate |
Antonyms: |
cancel, dismiss, neglect |
| Main Entry: | inquiry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asking; looking into |
Synonyms: |
Q and A, analysis, audit, catechizing, check, cross-examination, delving, disquisition, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, grilling, hearing, inquest, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, interrogatory, investigation, legwork, poll, probe, probing, pursuit, query, quest, question, questioning, quizzing, request, research, scrutiny, search, study, survey, third degree, trial balloon |
Antonyms: |
answer, reply |