Synonyms for pick
pɪkpick

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1. pick

   A choice may be among many things; an alternative is in the strictest sense a choice between two things; oftener it is one of two things between which a choice is to be made, and either of which is the alternative of the other; as, the alternative of surrender is death; or the two things between which there is a choice may be called the alternatives; both Mill and Gladstone are quoted as extending the meaning of alternative to include several particulars, Gladstone even speaking of "the fourth and last of these alternatives." Option is the right or privilege of choosing; choice may be either the right to choose, the act of choosing, or the thing chosen. A person of ability and readiness will commonly have many resources. Pick, from the Saxon, and election, from the Latin, picture the objects before one, with freedom and power to choose which he will; as, there were twelve horses, among which I could take my pick. A choice, pick, election, or preference is that which suits one best; an alternative is that to which one is restricted; a resource, that to which one is glad to betake oneself.

   Synonyms:
   alternative, choice, election, option, preference, resource

   Antonyms:
   compulsion, necessity

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1. pick

   Synonyms:
   choose, cull, select, gather, pluck, eliminate, enucleate, extract, glean

   Antonyms:
   reject, discard, repudiate, relegate, bunch, grasp, clutch

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1. choice, pick, selectionnoun

   the person or thing chosen or selected

   "he was my pick for mayor"

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

2. picking, picknoun

   the quantity of a crop that is harvested

   "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years"

   Synonyms:
   plectron, pickaxe, selection, cream, choice, picking, plectrum, option, woof, pickax, filling, weft

3. cream, picknoun

   the best people or things in a group

   "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"

   Synonyms:
   ointment, pickaxe, selection, cream, choice, emollient, picking, plectrum, option, woof, pickax, filling, plectron, weft

4. woof, weft, filling, picknoun

   the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

   Synonyms:
   cream, pickaxe, selection, choice, plectrum, picking, woof, filling, pickax, option, plectron, fill, weft

5. pick, plectrum, plectronnoun

   a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

   Synonyms:
   plectron, pickaxe, selection, cream, choice, picking, plectrum, option, woof, pickax, filling, weft

6. picknoun

   a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material

   "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"

   Synonyms:
   plectron, pickaxe, selection, cream, choice, picking, plectrum, option, woof, pickax, filling, weft

7. pick, pickax, pickaxenoun

   a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

   "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"

   Synonyms:
   plectron, pickaxe, selection, cream, choice, picking, plectrum, option, woof, pickax, filling, weft

8. picknoun

   a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body

   "he was called for setting an illegal pick"

   Synonyms:
   plectron, pickaxe, selection, cream, choice, picking, plectrum, option, woof, pickax, filling, weft

9. choice, selection, option, pickverb

   the act of choosing or selecting

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

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

10. pickverb

    select carefully from a group

    "She finally picked her successor"; "He picked his way carefully"

    Synonyms:
    peck, cull, clean, beak, nibble, blame, plunk, break up, pluck, find fault, foot, piece

11. pick, pluck, cullverb

    look for and gather

    "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

    Synonyms:
    fleece, foot, clean, nibble, hustle, surcharge, beak, deplume, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, tweak, pull off, pull, roll, displume, find fault, tear, soak, plunk, blame, piece, break up, rob, peck, deplumate, pick off, plume, cull

12. blame, find fault, pickverb

    harass with constant criticism

    "Don't always pick on your little brother"

    Synonyms:
    charge, peck, cull, clean, beak, fault, nibble, blame, plunk, break up, pluck, find fault, foot, piece

13. pickverb

    provoke

    "pick a fight or a quarrel"

    Synonyms:
    peck, cull, clean, beak, nibble, blame, plunk, break up, pluck, find fault, foot, piece

14. pickverb

    remove in small bits

    "pick meat from a bone"

    Synonyms:
    peck, cull, clean, beak, nibble, blame, plunk, break up, pluck, find fault, foot, piece

15. clean, pickverb

    remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

    "Clean the turkey"

    Synonyms:
    foot, clean, nibble, scavenge, cleanse, beak, strip, pluck, find fault, plunk, cull, blame, piece, make clean, break up, peck, clean house, houseclean

16. pickverb

    pilfer or rob

    "pick pockets"

    Synonyms:
    peck, cull, clean, beak, nibble, blame, plunk, break up, pluck, find fault, foot, piece

17. foot, pickverb

    pay for something

    "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill"

    Synonyms:
    foot, clean, leg it, beak, pluck, nibble, hoof, foot up, find fault, hoof it, plunk, blame, piece, break up, peck, cull

18. pluck, plunk, pickverb

    pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

    "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

    Synonyms:
    roll, peck, hook, find fault, cull, flump, piece, blame, beak, plank, rob, displume, break up, plonk, deplumate, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, plump, pull, plop, clunk, dive, hustle, clean, foot, clump, plunk, plume, clop, pluck, deplume, plunge, pick off, nibble, plunk down, tear, tweak, plump down, gazump, fleece

19. pick, break upverb

    attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

    "Pick open the ice"

    Synonyms:
    fragmentise, fragmentize, peck, decompose, collapse, sever, find fault, piece, blame, split up, dismantle, break up, recess, part, crock up, crash, cut off, fragment, interrupt, beak, split, disperse, separate, disrupt, clean, dissolve, foot, crack, plunk, cull, disassemble, break apart, pluck, nibble, calve, dissipate, scatter, break down, resolve, take apart, dispel, adjourn, break, crack up

20. peck, pick, beakverb

    hit lightly with a picking motion

    Synonyms:
    nag, clean, nibble, peck at, beak, pick at, plunk, pluck, smack, find fault, hen-peck, foot, blame, piece, break up, pick up, peck, cull

21. nibble, pick, pieceverb

    eat intermittently; take small bites of

    "He pieced at the sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"

    Synonyms:
    tack together, foot, patch, nibble, beak, set up, put together, clean, pluck, assemble, find fault, plunk, blame, piece, break up, peck, tack, cull

Matched Categories

1. • Basketball Play
   • Choose
   • Criticize
   • Eat
   • Hand Tool
   • Pay
   • Provoke
   • Remove
   • Rob
   • Strike
   • Yarn

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1. pickverb

   Synonyms:
   open (as a lock)

2. pickverb

   Synonyms:
   choose, select, cull, single out, pick out, fix upon, pitch upon

3. pickverb

   Synonyms:
   clean, cleanse

4. picknoun

   Synonyms:
   pickaxe

5. picknoun

   Synonyms:
   choice, selection

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1. picknoun

   Synonyms:
   pickax, choice, spike, pike, plectrum

2. pickverb

   Synonyms:
   pluck, pick out, select, choose, cull, glean

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1. List of paraphrases for "pick":

   choose, select, picking, selected, chosen, choosing, choice, selecting, elect, selection, collection

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1. Thaddeus Pope:

   There’s a good chance that the person the state is going to pick for you is not the same person that you would pick.

2. John Muir:

   When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.

3. Jonathan Kozol:

   Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

4. Jit Yang Lim:

   For next year, we expect demand to pick up strongly mainly because prices have been quite low, we expect prices to remain low next year with Brent to stay at about $70 a barrel, which means demand may pick up more strongly compared with last few years when Brent was hovering at about $110 per barrel on average.

5. Confucius:

   If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.