Synonyms of picked

picked 1 of 2

adjective

as in selected

singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking

a picked group of people for the project

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

picked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of pick

1

as in harvested

to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use

pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• harvested
• gathered
• grew
• reaped
• gleaned
• fished
• garnered
• cut
• captured
• mowed
• bagged
• hunted
• foraged
• accumulated
• sealed
• clammed
• netted
• cropped
• shrimped
• whaled
• trapped
• raised
• snared
• hayed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• planted
• seeded
• sowed

• planted
• seeded
• sowed

2

as in chose

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

I pick you as my partner

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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3

as in provoked

to bring (something volatile or intense) into being

he seems to be trying to pick a fight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provoked
• promoted
• encouraged
• raised
• triggered
• incited
• instigated
• brewed
• cultivated
• stimulated
• fomented
• inspired
• fermented
• forwarded
• set in motion
• fostered
• nurtured
• abetted
• stimulated
• sowed
• motivated
• set
• detonated
• whipped (up)
• excited
• set off
• roused
• stirred (up)
• furthered
• nourished
• activated
• fired
• galvanized
• advanced
• enlivened
• energized
• inflamed
• invigorated
• quickened
• enflamed
• vitalized
• livened (up)
• pepped (up)
• jazzed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• checked
• held
• discouraged
• inhibited
• restrained
• tamed
• regulated
• constrained
• settled
• reined (in)
• curbed
• bridled
• calmed
• quieted
• soothed
• subdued
• stilled
• allayed
• tranquilized
• tranquillized

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• checked
• held
• discouraged
• inhibited
• restrained
• tamed
• regulated
• constrained
• settled
• reined (in)
• curbed
• bridled
• calmed
• quieted
• soothed
• subdued
• stilled
• allayed
• tranquilized
• tranquillized

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4

as in nibbled

to eat reluctantly and in small bites

still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nibbled
• pecked
• snacked
• tasted
• grazed
• noshed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gorged
• swilled
• overate
• pigged out
• gormandized

• gorged
• swilled
• overate
• pigged out
• gormandized

5

as in stabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbed
• jabbed
• punctured
• stuck
• pierced
• pecked
• spitted
• sliced
• poked
• speared
• skewered
• spiked
• impaled
• punched
• transpierced
• transfixed
• pinked
• harpooned
• lanced
• ran through
• gored
• cut
• riddled
• pricked
• pinpricked
• perforated
• piked
• knifed
• spindled
• gimleted
• thrust
• dirked
• bayoneted
• poniarded
• bayonetted
• pronged
• quilled

Phrases Containing picked

• picked up

• picked up