Antonyms for selection
sɪˈlɛk ʃənse·lec·tion

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1. selection

   Antonyms:
   rejection, repudiation, refusal, exclusion, postponement

   Synonyms:
   choice, option, election, excerption, gathering, preoption, segregation, adoption, preference

Matched Categories

1. • Assortment
   • Decision Making
   • Natural Process
   • Passage

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1. choice, selection, option, picknoun

   the act of choosing or selecting

   "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"

   Synonyms:
   extract, cream, survival, filling, alternative, excerption, picking, choice, plectrum, option, woof, pick, plectron, excerpt, survival of the fittest, natural selection, weft, pickax, pickaxe

2. selectionnoun

   an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

   "the store carried a large selection of shoes"

   Synonyms:
   pick, survival, choice, extract, excerpt, excerption, survival of the fittest, option, natural selection

3. choice, pick, selectionnoun

   the person or thing chosen or selected

   "he was my pick for mayor"

   Synonyms:
   pickax, pick, filling, alternative, survival, excerption, picking, choice, plectrum, option, woof, plectron, excerpt, survival of the fittest, natural selection, cream, weft, extract, pickaxe

4. survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selectionnoun

   a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

   Synonyms:
   survival, pick, endurance, choice, extract, excerpt, excerption, survival of the fittest, option, natural selection

5. excerpt, excerption, extract, selectionnoun

   a passage selected from a larger work

   "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

   Synonyms:
   survival, pick, excerpt, choice, extract, excerption, survival of the fittest, option, natural selection, infusion

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1. selectionnoun

   Antonyms:
   promiscuity, indiscrimination

   Synonyms:
   choice, election, preference, pick, collection, assortment

How to use selection in a sentence?

1. Craig Erlam:

   I’m a bit of a cynic when it comes to bitcoin projections, i think it’s just a selection of people clutching at straws, trying to justify any reasons to be bullish.

2. Doug Stafford:

   Rand can and will compete in whatever selection process chosen by the people of Nevada.

3. Jude Celestin:

   Jude Celestin will not participate in the Jan. 24 ballot, which will not be an election but a selection.

4. The US:

   The selection of these three individuals -- senior statesmen who are longtime friends of Taiwan and personally close with President Joe Biden -- sends an important signal about the The US commitment to Taiwan and its democracy.

5. Defense Jim Mattis:

   He had my full support during the selection process, and he will have my full support during the Senate confirmation process. I am confident of Mark's ability to effectively lead the Army.

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