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

My aunt and uncle, who live in Santa Fe—home to the International Folk Art Market, one of the largest such festivals in the world (the next one is July 9-12)—are devoted flea-market pickers and collectors of antique oddities. —Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 15 May 2026

For all the talk of circularity, waste workers—the plastic pickers in Brazil, secondhand retailers in Ghana, textile sorters in India, to name a few—were largely overlooked. —Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 15 May 2026

That may not be the case going forward at least until Abel establishes more of a record as a stock picker. —Josh Funk, Fortune, 15 May 2026

There would be the pickers going through drawers looking for a good deal, and the antique-loving Southerners hoping to find a set of Chantilly silver to complete their 12-person table. —Heather Bien, Southern Living, 15 May 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