Thesaurus: elective

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1. a. Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.
2. a. Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral.
3. a. Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office.
4. n. In an American college, an optional study or course of study.
5. adj. subject to popular election
6. adj. optional
7. n. a course that the student can select from among alternatives
8. 1. Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act. 2. Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral. The independent use of their elective franchise. Bancroft. 3. Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office. Kings of Rome were at first elective; . . . for such are the conditions of an elective kingdom. Dryden. Elective affinity or attraction (Chem.), a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism. In an American college, an optional study or course of study. [Colloq.]
9. In an American college, an optional study or course of study.[Colloq.]
10. j:86/n:14 a. subject to popular election s. not compulsory