nominating
Selecting for candidacy
Nominating is putting forward a name for consideration—for an office, award, or position.
Someone nominates a candidate for president, a film for best picture, a colleague for a promotion.
The word implies formal proposal rather than casual suggestion: The committee is nominating three candidates for the board.
Organized public voting
- ballotVoting document
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- primaryChief in importance
- caucusParty selection meeting
delegate · convention · nominee · candidate · voting · runoff · petition · platform
Offer an idea indirectly
- recommendSuggest with approval
- submitPresent for consideration
- forwardOnward in direction
- introduceMake formally known
motion · second · advance · propose · name · designate · select · choose
Honor given for merit
- tributeOffering of respect
- accoladeExpression of high esteem
- commendationFormal expression of approval
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
recognition · acknowledgment · praise · kudos · laurels · ceremony · induction · merit
Aid or sponsorship
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- championingVigorously supporting a cause
- sponsoringFunding an activity officially
- secondingSupporting a proposal formally
advocacy · vouching · patronage · recommending · approving · sanctioning · ratification · affirming
election
Organized public voting
caucus · delegate · convention · nominee · candidate · voting · runoff · petition · platform · democracy
suggest
Offer an idea indirectly
introduce · motion · second · advance · propose · name · designate · select · choose · shortlist
award
Honor given for merit
- tributeOffering of respect
- accoladeExpression of high esteem
- commendationFormal expression of approval
distinction · recognition · acknowledgment · praise · kudos · laurels · ceremony · induction · merit · celebration
backing
Aid or sponsorship
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- championingVigorously supporting a cause
- sponsoringFunding an activity officially
seconding · advocacy · vouching · patronage · recommending · approving · sanctioning · ratification · affirming · promoting
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- assigningassigning, allocating, appointing, attributing, crediting
- commendingpraising, lauding, applauding, extolling, acclaiming
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
- choiceschoice, choose, decide, decision, select
- speech actsspeaking, talking, uttering, pronouncement, locution
nominatingelecting
Selecting by vote
appointing · confirming · selecting · voting · inaugurating
nominatingopposing
Standing against something
rejecting · blocking · vetoing · blackballing · disqualifying
nominatingwithdrawing
Removing or pulling away
removing · disqualifying · eliminating · striking · dropping
- party nominationSelection as electoral candidate
- presidential nominationOfficial party endorsement for presidency
- nomination speechFormal candidate endorsement declaration
- Grammy nominationConsidered for music prize
- candidate nominationsFormal selections for office
- oscar nomination