opinion poll

1. 1.

   an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people

   Synonymspollpublic opinion pollcanvass

   Broaderinquiry

   Narrowerexit pollstraw vote

Questions about opinion poll

What does opinion poll mean?

opinion poll means "an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people".

What is another word for opinion poll?

Close synonyms include poll, public opinion poll, canvass. 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.

Is opinion poll a common word?

opinion poll is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.