Usually means: Riding on another's electoral success.
Definitions Related words Mentions
We found 6 dictionaries that define the word coattails effect:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. coattails effect: Vocabulary.com
  2. coattails effect: Dictionary.com
  3. coattails effect: Rhymezone
  4. coattails effect: FreeDictionary.org
  5. coattails effect: Mnemonic Dictionary
  6. coattails effect: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from WordNet (coattails effect)

noun:  (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same party ("He counted on the coattails effect to win him the election")


Opposite:

Words similar to coattails effect

Usage examples for coattails effect

Idioms related to coattails effect

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Words that often appear near coattails effect

Rhymes of coattails effect

Invented words related to coattails effect

Similar:

Opposite:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux