elective

1. 1.

   a course that the student can select from among alternatives

   Synonymselective course

   Broadercourse

Other forms of elective

plural

electives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about elective

What does elective mean?

elective means "subject to popular election". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in elective?

elective has 3 syllables: e-lec-tive. The stress falls on "lec". In IPA it is /ɪˈlɛktɪv/.

What is another word for elective?

Close synonyms include elected, facultative, elective course. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of elective?

The recorded antonyms are appointive.

Is elective a common word?

elective is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with elective?

2 words rhyme with elective. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.