poll taker

1. 1.

   someone who conducts surveys of public opinion

   “a pollster conducts public opinion polls”

   “a headcounter counts heads”

   Synonymspollsterheadcountercanvasser

   Broaderinquirer

Questions about poll taker

What does poll taker mean?

poll taker means "someone who conducts surveys of public opinion".

What is another word for poll taker?

Close synonyms include pollster, headcounter, canvasser. 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 poll taker a common word?

poll taker 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.