picker

noun

pick·​er ˈpi-kər 

: one that picks: such as

a

: a worker who picks something (such as crops)

b

: a tool, implement, or machine used in picking something

c

: a musician who picks a stringed instrument (such as a banjo)

Synonyms of picker

• selector
• voter
• chooser

Examples of picker in a Sentence

a book reviewer who is one of the pickers of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction

Recent Examples on the Web

Lockmakers arguably depended on pickers and thieves to keep them in business. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

China’s long-only quant funds, whose boom Bloomberg tied to their rapid adoption of AI, beat human stock pickers by 20 percentage points in 2025, saw their edge over the index halve by April, and then lost an average 17% in July. — Milos Maricic, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Through the Empower Culinary and Hospitality School, the hotel trains tea pickers’ children and now has a couple of budding chefs in their kitchen. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

With flawless timing and dexterity, the 12-year-old picker dazzled the audience, Lucy accompanying him on guitar, for roughly two minutes. — David Alm, Longreads, 1 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing picker

• cherry picker

Rhymes for picker

• bicker
• dicker
• flicker
• kicker
• liquor
• quicker
• ricker
• sicker
• slicker
• snicker
• sticker
• thicker