| Main Entry: | selection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preference from among choices |
Synonyms: |
alternative, choice, choosing, collection, culling, draft, druthers, election, excerpt, option, pick, picking |
Antonyms: |
refusal, rejection |
| Main Entry: | adoption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | choosing or taking something as one's own |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, approbation, appropriation, approval, assumption, choice, confirmation, embracement, embracing, enactment, endorsement, espousal, following, maintenance, ratification, selection, support, taking on, taking over, taking up |
Antonyms: |
pass, rejection, repudiation |
| Main Entry: | alternative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possible choice |
Synonyms: |
back-up, druthers, opportunity, option, other, other fish in sea, other fish to fry, pick, preference, recourse, redundancy, selection, sub, substitute, take it or leave it |
| Notes: | alternate means 'one after the other' or 'each succeeding the other in turn, especially continuously' and alternative means 'one instead of the other' or 'allowing or necessitating a choice between two or more things' |
Antonyms: |
compulsion, constraint, necessity, obligation, restraint |
| Main Entry: | anthology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | literary collection |
Synonyms: |
album, analect, compendium, compilation, digest, garland, omnibus, selection, treasury |
| Main Entry: | appointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assignment of responsibility |
Synonyms: |
allotment, approval, assigning, authorization, certification, choice, choosing, commissioning, delegation, deputation, designation, election, empowering, installation, naming, nomination, ordination, promotion, selection |
| Main Entry: | assignment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | selecting or setting apart |
Synonyms: |
allocation, allotment, appointment, apportionment, appropriation, ascription, assignation, attribution, authorization, choice, consignment, delegation, designation, determination, distribution, giving, grant, nomination, selection, specification, stipulation |
Antonyms: |
keeping |
| Main Entry: | assortment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | variety |
Synonyms: |
array, choice, collection, combination, combo, diversity, garbage, group, hodgepodge, jumble, kind, medley, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, mélange, potpourri, selection, sort |
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | kind, sort, category |
Synonyms: |
branch, brand, breed, cast, caste, character, classification, collection, color, degree, denomination, department, description, designation, distinction, division, domain, estate, family, feather, frame, genre, genus, grade, grain, grouping, hierarchy, humor, ilk, kidney, league, make, mold, name, nature, order, origin, property, province, quality, range, rank, rate, school, sect, section, selection, set, source, species, sphere, standing, status, stripe, style, suit, temperament, value, variety |
| Main Entry: | collection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, accumulation |
Synonyms: |
accumulating, acquiring, acquisition, agglomeration, amassing, amassment, anthology, assemblage, assembling, assembly, assortment, batch, bringing together, caboodle, clump, cluster, collation, combination, company, compilation, congeries, congregation, convocation, crowd, cumulation, digest, gathering, heap, hoard, kit, levy, lot, mass, medley, mess, miscellany, mobilization, muster, number, obtaining, omnibus, pile, quantity, securing, selection, set, stack, stock, stockpile, store |
| Main Entry: | concert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | musical performance |
Synonyms: |
gig, jam session, musical, musicale, recital, rockfest, selections, show |