Synonyms for select
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : si-lekt |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈlɛkt |
Top 10 synonyms for select Other synonyms for the word select
- best
- blue-chip
- boss
- choice
- chosen
- cool
- cream
- culled
- delicate
- discriminating
- elect
- elegant
- exquisite
- favored
- first-class
- first-rate
- handpicked
- limited
- make a choice
- make a selection
- mark
- number one
- opt
- opt for
- optate
- peg
- pick
- picked
- pin down
- posh
- prime
- rare
- recherché
- say so
- screened
- selective
- single out
- slot
- sort out
- special
- superior
- tab
- tag
- take
- tap
- top
- topnotch
- tops
- weeded
- winner
- winnow
- winnowed
- world-class
Définition of select
Origin :- 1560s, from Latin selectus, past participle of seligere "choose out, single out, select; separate, cull," from se- "apart" (see secret (n.)) + legere "to gather, select" (see lecture (n.)). The noun meaning "a selected person or thing, that which is choice" is recorded from c.1600. New England selectman first recorded 1640s.
- adj excellent, elite, preferable
- verb pick out, prefer from among choices
- It is not necessarily his own religious belief that he will select.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- He then went on to give a number of examples in point, of which we select a few.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- "You go straight ahead and select any location you like," said Marian.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Only that small, select number who were above, and led all the rest.
- Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
- The divine appetite once fostered, let it select its own food.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He determined to open a select school for advanced scholars.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- I thought you might look for a rug, but I'd rather go with you to select it.
- Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
- She had resolved to select the place with the most promising name.
- Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- He was very pleased when I permitted him to select his own hat.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Hast thou heard the saying of Ceredig, A wise and select king?
- Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin
Antonyms for select
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