select

select

adjective

Definition of SELECT

1

singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking <the company claims to use only select beans to make its coffee>

Synonyms cherry-picked, choice, chosen, elect, favored, favorite, first-line, handpicked, picked, preferred, selected

Related Words fashionable; exclusive; culled, picked over, screened, weeded (out), winnowed (out)

Phrases of choice

Near Antonyms average, common, commonplace, ordinary, run-of-the-mill

2

having qualities that appeal to a refined taste <select fabrics that the shop makes into expensive suits for its well-heeled clientele>

Synonyms dainty, delicate, elegant, exquisite, fine, rare, recherché, select

Related Words bijou, jewellike; better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, special; elite, exclusive; classic, excellent, fabulous, first-class, first-rate, grand, great, marvelous (or marvellous), noble, outstanding, par excellence, premium, prime, sensational, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, transcendant, unsurpassed, wonderful; ultrarare

Near Antonyms coarse, gross, kitsch, kitschy, lowbrow, raffish, rough, rough-hewn, tasteless, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar; commercial, mass-produced, popular; common, ordinary; average, lesser, mediocre, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine (or run-of-mine), second-class, second-rate; deficient, inferior, low-grade, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, wanting