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Synonyms and Antonyms of selection

1 the act or process of selecting
  • his selection of a running mate was a long, tedious affair
Synonyms of selection

choice, choosing, election, picking, selecting
Words Related to selection

option

appointment, assignment, designation, naming, nomination

decision
2 a person or thing that is chosen
  • our selection was the third entrant in the dog show
Synonyms of selection

bet, choice, chosen, pick
Words Related to selection

favorite, like, liking, preference

elective, option

appointment, designation, nomination

appointee, candidate, nominee, selectee

preselection
Antonyms of selection

rejectee
3 the power, right, or opportunity to choose
  • the inn's table d'hôte is excellent, but there's very limited selection
Synonyms of selection

alternative, choice, discretion, druthers [dialect], election, liberty, option, pick, preference, volition, way
Words Related to selection

determination, free will, will

say, voice, vote

inclination, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, proclivity, propensity, tendency

discernment, judgment (or judgement), perspicacity
Near Antonyms of selection

coercion, duress, force

duty, obligation

Hobson's choice
4 a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole
  • a selection of the company's latest line of products for display at the trade show
Synonyms of selection

cross section, sample, sampler, sampling, slice
Words Related to selection

case, example, exemplar, exemplification, illustration, instance, representative, specimen

archetype, classic, locus classicus, paradigm, prototype

microcosm

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