Elective

Quick meaning: Elective is an adjective meaning Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.

Meaning

Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.

More Meanings

1. Open to choice; freely chosen; (also, usually) unnecessary; minor.
2. (US health care system, technical) Scheduled and nonemergent (regardless of whether necessary or unnecessary and whether minor or serious).
3. Something that is an option or may be freely chosen, especially a course of study.

Example Sentences

Man thus endued with an elective voice, Must be supplied with objects of his choice.

[…] they rested their hopes of redress on the independent use of their elective franchise;

After accounting for all of my required courses, there is hardly any room in my schedule for any elective ones.

See the populace, millions upon millions, handsome, tall, muscular, both sexes, clothed in easy and dignified clothes―teaching, commanding, marrying, generating, equally electing and elective;

Word Forms

• electives

Synonyms for elective

Depending on context, synonyms include electoral, discretionary, optional, voluntary, elected.

Antonyms for elective

Common opposites include appointive, hereditary, compulsory, mandatory, obligatory, required.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include optional, elected, electoral, option, choice, selective.

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