picker

noun

pick·​er ˈpi-kər 

: one that picks: such as

a

: a worker who picks something (such as crops)

b

: a tool, implement, or machine used in picking something

c

: a musician who picks a stringed instrument (such as a banjo)

Synonyms

• chooser
• namer
• selector

Examples of picker in a Sentence

a book reviewer who is one of the pickers of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction

Recent Examples on the Web

And why, in a moment of barbed stories assailing theatrical movie budgets and picture pickers, theatrical moviegoing’s future falls to its best artists, and the studio execs who bet on their big creative swings. —Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025

Edward Lear’s monumental painting Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling (1812) is a depiction of the Himalayan path frequented by Buddhist tea pickers. —Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Mar. 2025

The patriotic themes are replaced with imagery and commentary on slavery, the slaughter of Native Americans, Japanese American incarceration camps, migrant farmworkers, cotton pickers and Native American boarding schools, among others. —R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025

Natasha Lyonne, who’s back as shaggy amateur detective Charlie Cale, was floored watching Erivo dip in and out of so many roles, which include a DJ, a professor, an artist, and an apple picker. —Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing picker

• cherry picker

Rhymes for picker

• bicker
• dicker
• flicker
• kicker
• liquor
• quicker
• ricker
• sicker
• slicker
• snicker
• sticker
• thicker