| NOUN | attribute | suffrage, right to vote, vote | a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution |
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| Sounds | sah'frihjh | |
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| Rhymes | abridge ... yardage: 133 rhymes with ihjh... | |
| Meaning | A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment. | |
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| Synonyms | right to vote, vote | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Narrower | universal suffrage | suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country |
| Broader | franchise, enfranchisement | A statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) |
| Spanish | derecho al voto, sufragio, voto | |
| Catalan | sufragi | |
| Nouns | suffragette | a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century) |
| suffragist | an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women) | |
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