All select synonyms
seΒ·lect
S s adj select
- choosy β Someone who is choosy is difficult to please because they will only accept something if it is exactly what they want or if it is of very high quality.
- diacritic β a sign placed above or below a character or letter to indicate that it has a different phonetic value, is stressed, or for some other reason
- blue-ribbon β of superior quality or prominence; first-rate; specially selected: a blue-ribbon committee of fund-raisers.
- bulliest β a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
- first-string β composed of regular members, participants, etc. (distinguished from substitute): the first-string team.
- deluxe β Deluxe goods or services are better in quality and more expensive than ordinary ones.
- delicate β Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- dainty β If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty.
- a1 β in good health; physically fit
- premium β a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement, as to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.
- cliquey β If you describe a group of people or their behaviour as cliquey, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- optimal β Best or most favorable; optimum.
- gossamery β a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- fine-grained β being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
- five-star β having five stars to indicate rank or quality: a five-star general; a five-star brandy.
verb select
- make use of β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- draw β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- ink β a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- flag β flagstone (def 1).
- abstract β An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- inked β (slang) Having a tattoo or tattoos.
- button down β (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- diagnosticate β (archaic, transitive) To make a diagnosis of; to recognise (a disease or similar) by its symptoms.
- fine tune β to tune (a radio or television receiver) to produce the optimum reception for the desired station or channel by adjusting a control knob or bar.
- ingather β to gather or bring in, as a harvest.
- guess β to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- nominate β to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office.
- cataloging β Make a systematic list of (items of the same type).
- carded β a machine for combing and paralleling fibers of cotton, flax, wool, etc., prior to spinning to remove short, undesirable fibers and produce a sliver.
- massed β a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- ingathering β a gathering in, especially of farm products; harvest.
- cinching β a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- diagnosticated β simple past tense and past participle of diagnosticate.
- designate β When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particular job.
- decide β If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
- dare say β to think likely; suppose
- go out on a limb β say sth daring
- blue pencil β deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- like β in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver.
adjective select
- incapacious β Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
- exquisite β Extremely beautiful and, typically, delicate.
- associative β Associative thoughts are things that you think of because you see, hear, or think of something that reminds you of those things or which you associate with those things.
- golden β bright, metallic, or lustrous like gold; of the color of gold; yellow: golden hair.
- fine β of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade: fine wine.
- fracturable β Capable of being fractured.
- rad β Informal. radical.
- winnowed β Simple past tense and past participle of winnow.