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

Ian Johnson, a former Boise State running back, will be welcomed as the guest picker. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 13 Nov. 2026

Advanced and Standard voice will disappear from the model picker on December 11, 2026. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026

In the union’s founding days, Huerta helped recruit a 19-year-old grape picker named Eliseo Medina to perform a one-man picket at the Port of Los Angeles — supposedly to stop the loading of a shipment of non-union grapes. — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Todd Combs, Berkshire Hathaway’s former stock-picker, helped JPMorgan allocate the $5 billion equity sum to 10 firms, Bloomberg reported. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 21 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