Overview of noun canvassing

The noun canvassing has 1 sense

• electioneering, bell ringing, canvassing -- (persuasion of voters in a political campaign)

Overview of verb canvass

The verb canvass has 3 senses

• poll, canvass, canvas -- (get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions)


• canvass, canvas -- (solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign)


• analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas -- (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives")