PRIMARIES Synonyms

• the place where people vote

• a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative

• a closed political meeting

• meet to select a candidate or promote a policy

• a vote to select the winner of a position or political office

• the act of selecting someone or something; the exercise of deliberate choice

• the status or fact of being elected

• the predestination of some individuals as objects of divine mercy (especially as conceived by Calvinists)

• the act of officially naming a candidate

• the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election

• an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election

• especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem

• of or being the essential or basic part

• serving as or forming a base

• a person who is in charge

• a person who exercises control over workers

• the head of a tribe or clan

• most important element

• relating to or being an element

• relating to severe atmospheric conditions

• of or being the essential or basic part

• of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education

• easy and not involved or complicated

• of or being the essential or basic part

• (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

• any very large body of (salt) water

• a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

• most important element

• of force; of the greatest possible intensity

• an artist of consummate skill

• a person who has general authority over others

• a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

• directs the work of others

• presiding officer of a school

• an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

• an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

• someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution

• an authority qualified to teach apprentices

• key that secures entrance everywhere

• most important element

• be or become completely proficient or skilled in

• get on top of; deal with successfully

• have dominance or the power to defeat over

• have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of

• the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

• the educator who has executive authority for a school

• an actor who plays a principal role

• capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

• (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement

• the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account

• most important element

• coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

• a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

• one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

• one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

• coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit