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Synonyms for choose
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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.8 / 4 votes

  1. choose

    Prefer indicates a state of desire and approval; choose, an act of will. Prudence or generosity may lead one to choose what he does not prefer. Select implies a careful consideration of the reasons for preference and choice. Among objects so nearly alike that we have no reason to prefer any one to another we may simply choose the nearest, but we could not be said to select it. Aside from theology, elect is popularly confined to the political sense; as, a free people elect their own rulers. Cull, from the Latin colligere, commonly means to collect, as well as to select. In a garden we cull the choicest flowers.

    Synonyms:
    cull, elect, pick, pick out, prefer, select

    Antonyms:
    cast away, cast out, decline, disclaim, dismiss, leave, refuse, reject, repudiate, throw aside

    Preposition:
    Choose from or from among the number; choose out of the army; choose between (or betwixt) two; among many; choose for the purpose.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. choose

    Synonyms:
    select, elect, prefer, appropriate, adopt, cull, pick out

    Antonyms:
    leave, dismiss, reject, refuse, disclaim, repudiate, ignore, decline

Princeton's WordNet2.4 / 5 votes

  1. choose, take, select, pick outverb

    pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

    "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

    Synonyms:
    take on, demand, rent, take in, distinguish, shoot, get, call for, exact, take, pack, bring, acquire, read, involve, make, lease, guide, engage, lead, hire, necessitate, select, have, occupy, strike, study, get hold of, train, use up, assume, admit, pick out, need, adopt, subscribe to, deal, take aim, spot, postulate, claim, ingest, hold, carry, contract, aim, tell apart, require, fill, film, prefer, charter, drive, make out, direct, discern, recognize, ask, subscribe, convey, submit, conduct, take up, opt, recognise, take away, consider, accept, learn, withdraw, consume, contain, look at, remove

  2. choose, prefer, optverb

    select as an alternative over another

    "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"

    Synonyms:
    take, select, prefer, opt, favor, favour, pick out

  3. chooseverb

    see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way

    "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"

    Synonyms:
    select, pick out, take, prefer, opt

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. chooseverb

    Synonyms:
    select, elect, prefer, cull, pick, pick out, single out, fix upon, pitch upon, catch at, make choice of

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. chooseverb

    Synonyms:
    select, elect, prefer, cull, pick out

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How to use choose in a sentence?

  1. Ayn Rand:

    Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.

  2. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.:

    If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

  3. Barack Obama:

    We have risen from recession freer to write our own future than any other nation on Earth, it's now up to us to choose who we want to be over the next 15 years, and for decades to come.

  4. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger:

    Agents with our Dignitary Protection Division are frequently in tight spaces with groups of people for extended periods of time, for their safety, and the safety of everyone around them, I am directing them to get the COVID-19 vaccine, or they can choose to transfer to a different assignment.

  5. Kevin Lobo:

    We need to be market leaders in the areas that we choose to play in, we'll look at deals of all different sizes ... to strengthen our position.


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