elective

elective is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.
2. adjective. Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral.
3. adjective. Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office.
4. noun. In an American college, an optional study or course of study.
5. noun. a course that the student can select from among alternatives
6. adjective. subject to popular election

   "elective official"

   Synonyms: elected

7. adjective. not compulsory

   "elective surgery"

   "an elective course of study"

Synonyms

elected

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in elective:

cleveite

Common word forms

electives, electively, electiveness

Words from these letters

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