/ Thesaurus / V Synonyms of vote down Find synonyms for: Verb1. kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out, veto, blackball, negativeusage: thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"2. turn thumbs down, vote down, voteusage: vote against; "The faculty turned thumbs down on the candidate for the Dean position"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: rotund Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language