elective

/ɪlˈɛktɪv/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. subject to popular election
   “elective official”
2. not compulsory
   “elective surgery”

noun

1. a course that the student can select from among alternatives

Synonyms for elective

• elected
• electoral
• nonappointive
• facultative
• optional
• elective course

Antonyms of elective

• appointive

Words that rhyme with elective

• effective
• objective
• collective
• connective
• corrective
• defective
• ineffective
• protective
• reflective
• detective
• directive
• infective
• perspective
• retrospective
• selective
• subjective
• affective
• introspective
• invective
• irrespective
• prospective
• respective
• convective
• projective