choice
choice
nounDefinition of CHOICE
1
the power, right, or opportunity to choose <you have no choice: you have to go to the conference>
Synonyms alternative, discretion, druthers [dialect], election, liberty, option, pick, preference, selection, volition, way
Related Words determination, free will, will; say, voice, vote; inclination, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, proclivity, propensity, tendency; discernment, judgment (or judgement), perspicacity
2
a person or thing that is chosen <my choice for best song of all time>
Related Words favorite, like, liking, preference; elective, option; appointment, designation, nomination; appointee, candidate, nominee, selectee; preselection
Antonyms rejectee
3
individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class <that school accepts only the choice of the city's crop of high school students>
Synonyms A-list, aristocracy, best, choice, corps d'elite, cream, crème de la crème, elect, fat, flower, illuminati, pick, pink, pride, priesthood, prime, royalty, upper crust
Related Words establishment, gentry, nobility, quality, society, top, top drawer, upper class; caviar (also caviare); who's who
Near Antonyms commoners, herd, hoi polloi, masses, millions, mob, multitude, rank and file, unwashed
4
the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions <the prisoner had no choice but to do what he was told>
Related Words election, preference, selection; bent, devices, disposition, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency; alternative, discretion, option, pick, way
5
the act or process of selecting <you'll have to make a choice eventually>
