Synonyms for selection
sɪˈlɛk ʃənse·lec·tion

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1. selection

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

   Antonyms:
   rejection, repudiation, refusal, exclusion, postponement

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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

Matched Categories

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

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1. selectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   choice, pick

2. selectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   democracy

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1. selectionnoun

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

   Antonyms:
   promiscuity, indiscrimination

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1. List of paraphrases for "selection":

   selecting, shift, choice, select, screening, sélection, selected, choices, adjudication, choosing, breeding, selector, choose, selections, election, sel, selectivity, option, pick

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1. Wasserman Schultz:

   We're thrilled to move to the next step of the selection process to determine where Democrats will come together to nominate the 45th President of the United States.

2. Provearb:

   Taking application fee from job seekers by govt organisations seems like biggest fraud going on as often either selection not done or recruitment of non-deserving candidate is done under political influence

3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

   I feel like just the history of the party overall has been to almost sideline progressive priorities, racial justice priorities, priorities for the working class, health care, et cetera, and I don't think that any selection of leadership should ever be a de facto thing.

4. Arthur Aidala:

   I cannot think of one time, one case where the day of jury selection this type of prejudice is being cast against a criminal defendant, i don't see how anyone could answer honestly that they're fair and impartial after this stuff is drilled into their brains.

5. Michael Ellis:

   I am pleased that the DoD Inspector General validated my selection as NSA General Counsel, national security professionals should be allowed to serve based on qualification without regard to personal politics or party.