Synonyms of cherry-picked

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adjective

as in selected

singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking

claims that the committee used only cherry-picked facts in their report on the state of the nation's economy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selected
• select
• favorite
• preferred
• handpicked
• chosen
• favored
• picked
• elect
• of choice
• choice
• first-line
• fashionable
• culled
• screened
• exclusive
• winnowed (out)
• weeded (out)
• picked over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• average
• common
• ordinary
• commonplace
• run-of-the-mill

cherry-picked

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verb

past tense of cherry-pick

as in picked

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

cherry-picked the spacious corner office for his corporate fief

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selected
• picked
• chose
• took
• named
• elected
• preferred
• culled
• handpicked
• designated
• singled (out)
• tagged
• opted (for)
• nominated
• adopted
• accepted
• appointed
• tapped
• preselected
• marked
• set
• embraced
• fixed
• settled (on or upon)
• tabbed
• espoused

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejected
• refused
• declined
• turned down
• repudiated
• discarded
• disapproved
• spurned
• jettisoned
• negatived
• threw out
• threw away