Synonyms of culled

culled 1 of 2

adjective

as in screened

Related Words

• screened
• picked over
• weeded (out)
• selected
• winnowed (out)
• picked
• handpicked
• chosen
• exclusive
• elect
• preferred
• select
• cherry-picked
• fashionable
• favored
• first-line
• favorite
• choice

Dissimilar Words

• average
• common
• ordinary
• commonplace
• run-of-the-mill

culled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of cull

as in selected

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

culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selected
• picked
• chose
• named
• took
• elected
• preferred
• handpicked
• cherry-picked
• designated
• tagged
• singled (out)
• opted (for)
• adopted
• nominated
• tapped
• appointed
• accepted
• marked
• set
• preselected
• embraced
• espoused
• tabbed
• fixed
• settled (on or upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejected
• refused
• declined
• turned down
• discarded
• disapproved
• repudiated
• spurned
• jettisoned
• negatived
• threw out
• threw away

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of culled

Verb

This year’s feature lineup was culled from nearly 2,000 entries, winnowed over seven months to just a few dozen features, shorts, and other programming. — David Bloom, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Curator Marcus Lobbes developed the concept with Nils Corte and dramaturge Andri Hardmeier, feeding computers about 1,000 images culled from the 15 prior Bayreuth Ring productions. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

But a footnote says facial recognition searches are allowed with still images culled from the cameras. — Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor, 23 July 2026

Interiors are accented with design touches culled from the pair’s travels to Morocco, India, and Europe, while cyclone-resistant walls of glass provide a seamless connection to the tropical surroundings. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 10 July 2026

These two cheaper Surface devices join the Surface Book, Surface Hub, Surface Duo, Surface Laptop Studio, and a range of other Surface devices that Microsoft has culled from its lineup over the past few years. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026

His Raising Cane’s work, titled Cane’s Anthem, continues the Pop-lite aesthetic, utilizing phrases and images that appear to be culled from the mass media. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026

Along with detecting Houston's talent in 1983, Davis culled a coterie of other radio regulars in the '80s and '90s – Thompson Twins, Taylor Dayne and Ace of Base among them – before expanding the Arista empire. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 23 June 2026

But the industry suffered a serious blow when legislators culled the entire drone production program from its recent budget. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 15 June 2026