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handpicking

verb , present participle of handpick

Synonyms and Antonyms of handpicking

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

handpicked what she considered to be the cutest kitten from the litter

Synonyms of handpicking

cherry-picking, choosing, culling, electing, naming, opting (for), picking, preferring, selecting, singling (out), tagging, taking

Words Related to handpicking

appointing, designating, fixing, marking, nominating, setting, tabbing, tapping

accepting, adopting, embracing, espousing

settling (on or upon)

Near Antonyms of handpicking

disapproving, negativing, repudiating, spurning

discarding, jettisoning, throwing away, throwing out

Antonyms of handpicking

declining, refusing, rejecting, turning down

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