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vote has 6 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 10 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
“there were only 17 votes in favor of the motion”
the opinion of a group as determined by voting
“they put the question to a vote”
a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
“American women got the vote in 1920”
a body of voters who have the same interests
“he failed to get the Black vote”
the total number of voters who participated
“they are expecting a large vote”
express one's choice or preference by vote
“vote the Democratic ticket”
express a choice or opinion
“I vote that we all go home”
2 of the 10 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for vote.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for vote come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.