Synonyms of selects

selects

verb

present tense third-person singular of select

as in chooses

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities

selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chooses
• picks
• elects
• takes
• prefers
• designates
• names
• handpicks
• culls
• cherry-picks
• nominates
• tags
• opts (for)
• singles (out)
• accepts
• appoints
• adopts
• taps
• preselects
• embraces
• marks
• sets
• espouses
• tabs
• fixes
• settles (on or upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejects
• refuses
• declines
• turns down
• disapproves
• spurns
• repudiates
• discards
• negatives
• throws out
• throws away
• jettisons