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choosing - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: choosing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: selecting
Synonyms: choice, culling, deciding, electing, election, exercising judgment, making a choice, making up one's mind, option, picking, selection, separating
Main Entry: choose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pick, select
Synonyms: accept, adopt, appoint, call for, cast, co-opt, commit oneself, crave, cull, decide on, designate, desire, determine, discriminate between, draw lots, elect, embrace, espouse, excerpt, extract, fancy, favor, feel disposed to, finger, fix on, glean, judge, love, make choice, make decision, make up one's mind, name, opt for, predestine, prefer, see fit, separate, set aside, settle upon, sift out, single out, slot, sort, tab, tag, take, take up, tap, want, weigh, will, winnow, wish, wish for
Notes: choose means to pick out or select from a number of alternatives, while chose is the past tense of choose
Main Entry: choice
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: power to select; selection
Synonyms: alternative, appraisal, choosing, cull, cup of tea*, decision, determination, discretion, discrimination, distinction, election, evaluation, extract, favorite, finding, free will, judgment, opportunity, option, pick, preference, rating, say, substitute, variety, verdict, volition, vote, weakness, druthers
Main Entry: pick
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: a chosen option, usually the choicest
Synonyms: aces, bag, best, choice, choosing, cream*, cup of tea*, decision, elect, elite, flower*, preference, pride, prime, prize, select, selection, top, crème de la crème, druthers, tops
Antonyms: rejection
Main Entry: selection
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: preference from among choices
Synonyms: alternative, choice, choosing, collection, draft, election, excerpt, option, pick, culling, druthers, picking
Antonyms: refusal, rejection
Main Entry: volition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: free will
Synonyms: accord, choice, choosing, desire, determination, discretion, election, option, preference, purpose, resolution, selection, will, willingness, wish, conation
Main Entry: selecting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: appointing
Synonyms: choosing, electing, nominating, recruiting
Main Entry: voting
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: casting votes
Synonyms: choosing, deciding, vote, balloting, polling
Main Entry: appointment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: assignment of responsibility
Synonyms: allotment, approval, authorization, choice, choosing, delegation, deputation, designation, election, installation, nomination, ordination, promotion, selection, assigning, certification, commissioning, empowering, naming
Main Entry: adopt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: legally care for another's child
Synonyms: choose, foster, naturalize, pick, raise, select, take in
Main Entry: appoint
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: assign responsibility; decide
Synonyms: accredit, allot, assign, choose, command, commission, decree, delegate, designate, determine, direct, elect, enjoin, establish, finger, fix, install, name, nominate, ordain, select, set, settle, tap
Antonyms: dismiss, fire, refuse, reject
Main Entry: cast
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: select for activity
Synonyms: allot, appoint, arrange, assign, blueprint, chart, choose, delegate, design, designate, detail, determine, devise, name, pick, plan, project, decide upon, give parts
Main Entry: covet
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: desire strongly
Synonyms: begrudge, choose, crave, envy, fancy, want, wish for, aspire to, desiderate, hanker for, have eye on, have hots for, itch for, long for, lust after, spoil for, thirst for, yearn for, yen for
Antonyms: abjure, give, be generous, not want
Main Entry: cull
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pick out for reason
Synonyms: choose, discriminate, elect, extract, glean, mark, pluck, prefer, select, sift, take, thin, winnow, opt for, optate, single out, thin out
Main Entry: decide
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make a determination; settle an issue
Synonyms: adjudge, adjudicate, agree, award, choose, cinch, clinch, conclude, conjecture, decree, determine, elect, end, establish, figure, gather, guess, judge, mediate, opt, pick, poll, purpose, resolve, rule, select, set, surmise, tap, vote, will, arrive at conclusion, call shots, cast the die, come to agreement, come to conclusion, come to decision, commit oneself, draw a conclusion, fix upon, form opinion, go down line, have final word, make a decision, make up mind, reach decision, take a stand
Antonyms: defer, delay, hesitate, postpone, procrastinate, put off, wait
Main Entry: delegate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give authority; empower
Synonyms: accredit, appoint, assign, authorize, cast, charge, choose, commission, constitute, deputize, designate, elect, invest, license, mandate, name, nominate, ordain, select, warrant, depute, give nod, place trust in, swear in
Antonyms: keep
Main Entry: designate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: specify as selection
Synonyms: allocate, allot, appoint, apportion, appropriate, assign, authorize, characterize, charge, choose, commission, connote, constitute, define, delegate, denote, deputize, describe, dictate, earmark*, elect, evidence, favor, finger*, indicate, make, mark, mete, name, nominate, opt, peg*, pick, pinpoint, prefer, show, single, slot, stipulate, tab*, tag*, tap*, button down, depute, individualize, pin down, put down for, reseve, set apart, set aside
Main Entry: desire
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: want, long for
Synonyms: aim, choose, covet, crave, enjoy, fall for*, fancy, go for*, like, pine, thirst, wish for, aspire to, be smitten, be turned on by, cotton to, desiderate, die over, give eyeteeth for, hanker after, have eyes for, have the hots for, hunger for, lust after, make advances to, partial to, set heart on, spoil for, sweet on, take a liking to, take a shine to, take to*, yearn for
Antonyms: not want
Main Entry: draft
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: select for military force
Synonyms: choose, conscript, enlist, enroll, impress, indite, induct, muster, press, recruit, call up, conscribe, dragoon, sign on, sign up
Main Entry: draw
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take out, extend
Synonyms: attenuate, choose, drain, elongate, extort, extract, lengthen, pick, pull out, respire, select, stretch, suck, take, single out
Antonyms: shorten, put in
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