DESELECT Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

deselect

verb

ˌdē-sə-ˈlekt

Definition of deselect

as in to refuse

to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to he'll deselect any plan that doesn't put him in total control

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Recent Examples of deselect An Import All New Photos button is available, but there's no way to deselect all, which is sometimes useful. — Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026 On a Mac, click on the Control Center, then click Screen Mirroring and deselect your iPad from the dropdown list. — Brenda Stolyar, Wired News, 10 May 2025 To turn off a specific filter, tap Filtered by again, then deselect it. — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2023 On the next page that appears, deselect the Autoplay previews while browsing on all devices option. — Chris Smith, BGR, 13 Nov. 2022 Occasionally, pathfinding might break and force us to deselect the entire party, select an individual character, and move them (after which pathfinding was fine again). — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2020 Churchill himself was deselected in 1904 in an argument over free trade. — Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deselect

Verb

Hamas’ statement made no mention of disarmament, one of the key requirements under the second phase of the ceasefire deal, which the group has so far refused.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
To conceal the theft from his investors, Correia refused to disclose his company’s financial records and gave false positive updates on SnoOwl’s status.

— Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 July 2026

Definition of refuse

Verb

Critics see it as another attempt to breathe life into claims that courts, investigators and election officials have repeatedly rejected — and another corrosive attempt to undermine faith in the state’s vote.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
Questioning, if not rejecting, established Christian doctrine, Ahab also comes to regard Moby Dick as the outward and visible sign, the physical embodiment of the indifference or, worse, utter malignity inherent in the universe.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Definition of reject

Verb

Instead of going home that night, Wilber found himself back in bed 23 of the detention center — his bond denied — trying to ignore a nasty odor permeating his 14-person cell.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Kennedy plans to ignore such noise in the lead-up to the draft.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

Definition of ignore

Verb

Bogdanos declined the cash, which is instead being donated to nonprofits of his choosing.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 9 July 2026
Even as remote work has declined from its pandemic highs, the data shows nearly 22% of workers still worked at least partly from home in 2025, only 1 percentage point less than the number who partly worked from home during the year prior.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 9 July 2026