primary election From WikiWord, the free dictionary English Contents DefinitionsRelated wordsReferences DefinitionsnounA preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party. Related wordsSynonymsprimarypreprimarypreselectionpreelectionfirehouse primaryprepollinvisible primarysuperprimarymegaprimaryprimaryingsnap electionprelimspecial electionpreëlectionpolling dayprecandidate References Wiktionary — primary election Wikipedia — primary election