Synonyms of chooses

chooses

verb

present tense third-person singular of choose

1

as in selects

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities

choose a computer that best suits your needs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selects
• picks
• prefers
• elects
• takes
• names
• designates
• nominates
• culls
• opts (for)
• tags
• handpicks
• accepts
• cherry-picks
• adopts
• singles (out)
• appoints
• embraces
• taps
• preselects
• marks
• espouses
• sets
• tabs
• fixes
• settles (on or upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuses
• rejects
• declines
• turns down
• disapproves
• spurns
• repudiates
• discards
• negatives
• throws out
• throws away
• jettisons

2

as in wants

to see fit

you can wear whatever you choose to the party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wants
• pleases
• wishes
• likes
• wills
• desires
• craves
• covets
• dies (for)
• pants (after)
• fancies
• decides
• sighs (for)
• yearns (for)
• hungers (for)
• itches (for)
• longs (for)
• aches (for)
• determines
• resolves
• lusts (for or after)
• thirsts (for)
• hankers (for)
• pines (for)
• repines (for)

3

as in decides

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration

chose to write on a controversial topic for the local newspaper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decides
• opts
• figures
• determines
• resolves
• finds
• concludes
• settles (on or upon)
• selects
• elects
• prefers
• picks
• rules
• names
• decrees
• contemplates
• adjudicates
• ponders
• adjudges
• deliberates
• handpicks
• considers
• culls
• rules (on)
• weighs
• thinks (about or over)
• judges
• meditates
• arbitrates
• debates
• singles (out)
• entertains
• ruminates
• cogitates
• studies
• mulls (over)
• referees
• chews over
• umpires
• questions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuses
• rejects
• declines
• abstains
• turns down
• hesitates
• halts
• delays
• stalls
• vacillates
• wavers
• temporizes
• waffles
• shilly-shallies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chooses

If the Fed chooses to raise interest rates to tamp today’s inflation down, capital-intensive renewables will suffer. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Herbert Nordrum chooses the funniest — and, ironically, maybe most British — possible allegory when describing his involvement in Georgia Oakley’s Sense and Sensibility. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

Whoever owns the media chooses its leaders, approves its budgets and decides where to cut $6 billion. — Seth Ashley, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

The influence of an amicus brief depends entirely on the weight a court chooses to give it. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2026

These days, the process by which a marque chooses a name for a new model is tortuous. — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026

In that case, however Taylor & Byrne chooses to handle her will be an advantage to Cathcarts. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Sometimes Paula chooses to turn the camera on herself, but the film is mostly composed of distorted moving images of contemporary Paris which, in many aspects, still looks like the version of Paris that Choi saw. — Thomas Patier, Artforum, 9 Oct. 2026

Rice chooses us, just as Lestat chooses those who are privileged or cursed enough to become his companions instead of merely his victims. — Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026