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

In exchange for this life-threatening work, most waste pickers earn only a few dollars a day — far below minimum wage. —CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026

Wang said it could be held by hand, allowing grape pickers to instantly check ripeness before harvesting across the wine industry. —Maureen MacKey , Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026

Since picnickers, hikers, swimmers, and berry pickers are in the woods then and children are at play, summer is when most snake-bites occur. —Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026

The supply chain involves numerous players from farmers to pickers, brokers, transporters, exporters and market traders all moving the leaves daily, making the plant one of Kenya’s more significant horticultural products. —Joseph Maina, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 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