POLLS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of poll

as in heads

the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth a jaunty cap was perched on his poll

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polls

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verb

present tense third-person singular of poll

as in interviews

to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information assigned to poll residents on their views about a program for recycling

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reports

as in clips

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument time to poll the sheep's wool

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Recent Examples of polls

Noun

Yet polls show the president has been leading Republicans into politically perilous territory with the broader electorate, and his demands of absolute loyalty could put GOP lawmakers in a bind as the midterm election approaches with many of the president’s policies proving unpopular. —

Zac Anderson, USA Today, 20 May 2026 Massie’s odds had been above 40% on Kalshi in the minutes after polls closed, but before the first votes were reported, and he had been shown on the platform as recently as this weekend as the favorite to win the race. —

Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 Bianco and Hilton topped some polls earlier this year. —

Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026 The Associated Press, NBC News and other outlets called the race Tuesday night less than two hours after the first polls closed. —

Justin Papp, CNBC, 20 May 2026 When do polls open on Election Day? —

Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 19 May 2026 In this largely Republican-leaning area, dozens of voters turned out at a local library shortly after polls opened. —

CBS News, 19 May 2026 Since January, polls have consistently showed Jolly with a comfortable lead over his chief Democratic primary opponent, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings. —

Michael Van Sickler, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026 The College Football Playoff was supposed to provide some certainty in a sport that, for too long, based its rewards on unreliable polls. —

Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026

Verb

The only other woman and the only Hispanic in the race, Yahoo News puts her at 12% overall, with 16% of Hispanics and 19% of 18-29 voters, groups with which Harris also polls well. —

Keith Naughton, The Washington Examiner, 14 Mar. 2026 But Finns’ willingness to defend their country also polls far higher than in most other countries, especially in Europe. —

Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026 The report used data from the Illinois State Board of Education’s 5Essentials Survey, which polls students, families and teachers across the state on school climate. —

Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026 This semantic squishiness is a result of The Game Awards' outsourced voting process, which polls over 150 international media outlets (including NPR) to determine a list of nominees. —

James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 12 Dec. 2025 Unlike the first movie, for which Phoenix, 51, won his first Academy Award, Folie à Deux saw disappointing box office results and received a D rating from CinemaScore, which polls moviegoers after seeing a movie to aggregate reactions. —

Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025 New York — One of the only things that polls worse than the Trump economy is the president’s almost unprecedented use of tariffs. —

Matt Egan, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025 Analysts say the older turnout could benefit Cuomo, who polls better with that demographic—but caution that Sliwa also performs well among older voters, potentially splitting support. —

Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025 The quarterly survey, which polls executives across manufacturing and services, suggests companies see price pressures easing modestly. —

Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for polls

Noun

The chance to work with the former Brighton & Hove Albion manager had been a significant draw for many of the players who had joined the club over the previous 18 months, and his abrupt departure left some scratching their heads.

— Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026
His neighbors baked the entire haul into an enormous pie, and left the heads of the fishes poking through as a celebration of abundance, or maybe an announcement of survival.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 May 2026