Elect and Scum

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Elect noun - Individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class.

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Scum is an antonym for elect.

Nearby Words: election, elected, elective, electing, elector

Scum noun - People looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class.

Usage example: claimed that only scum lived in that part of town

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Elect is an antonym for scum.

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Scum and Elect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/elect/scum

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