OPT (FOR) Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

opt (for)

verb

Definition of opt (for)

as in to choose

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities I opted for the smaller car after I calculated how much money I would save on gas every week

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Eve is designed to complement, not replace, a wheelchair, offering another mobility option for moments when users choose to be upright.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Merz could, at least in theory, choose to turn over the task of managing his party to someone else and concentrate on running the country.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of choose

Verb

The exercise has given the government the power to select who can vote, rather than empowering voters to choose the government, Dipke said at a press conference.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Denmark has selected May el-Toukhy’s Venice Golden Lion-winning title Woman Unknown as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Oscars.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of select

Verb

Sherrill picked Caldwell as her running mate in July 2025 and named him as her administration’s secretary of state in December 2025 after the pair won their November election by a double-digit margin.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2026
Joe says picking Katie is either going to work out great for them or backfire.

— Alice Burton, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of pick

Verb

In a deeply personal exhibition, the enigmatic French photographer Ilion Huit, who prefers to hide behind his Leica M6, unveiled to the world his most intimate interior musings in an exhibition at Icicle Cultural Space in Shanghai.

— Denni Hu, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2026
One of the most surprising findings, Randler said, was that people tended to prefer more intricate birdsongs.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

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