Synonyms of selecting

selecting 1 of 2

noun

as in choice

the act or process of selecting

the selecting of the party's nominee took three days and half a dozen votes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• choice
• election
• selection
• choosing
• picking
• nomination
• decision
• option
• naming
• appointment
• designation
• assignment

selecting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of select

as in choosing

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

selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• choosing
• picking
• taking
• naming
• electing
• preferring
• designating
• culling
• tagging
• handpicking
• opting (for)
• singling (out)
• cherry-picking
• nominating
• appointing
• adopting
• accepting
• tapping
• preselecting
• marking
• embracing
• setting
• fixing
• tabbing
• espousing
• settling (on or upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejecting
• refusing
• declining
• turning down
• discarding
• repudiating
• disapproving
• throwing away
• throwing out
• spurning
• jettisoning
• negativing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of selecting

Noun

In 2024, some players complained about a McDonald's ad appearing on a screen for selecting games. — Jordan Novet,annie Palmer, CNBC, 23 July 2026

Seated cross-legged on the floor, the artisans work with such speed that their fingers blur, selecting, stretching and knotting individual strands into an intricate mesh. — ABC News, 8 June 2026

The article’s author points to openings and major events that were part of the draw in selecting who made the list, including the ongoing Hotel Eleanor project. — Allison Gibson, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026

And, more niche boards — think Mediabistro for media jobs or Idealist for nonprofit roles — tend to deliver higher-quality matches because the audience is self-selecting. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 May 2026

Engineering or selecting for climate resilient traits in one species does not guarantee the survival of the many others that depend on it. — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026

Team president Chris Drury may have to decide between reaching for a forward further down the board or selecting from a deep class of defensemen that includes Carson Carels, Chase Reid and Keaton Verhoeff. — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 6 May 2026

The Chiefs should be open to moving out of the pick, particularly because the luxury of selecting in the top 10 is teams often overpay to move up. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026

At the heart of algorithmic diplomacy lies dataset curation – the seemingly technical process of selecting, filtering, and structuring training data. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026

Verb

Learn more about milkweed and selecting native plants suited for the Kansas City area with these resources. — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026

People are selecting from an assortment of premium Lindt chocolates at the Lindt & Sprungli chocolate shop. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 26 July 2026

Smart home users will benefit from Alexa Plus understanding conversational commands, automatically selecting device settings, and learning habits to suggest automations. — Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Schafer was accompanied in her Mount Rushmore creation by her Blade Runner costar Michelle Yeoh, who rounded out their list by selecting late Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman and Doctor Strange himself, Benedict Cumberbatch. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026

In May, the city solicited bids from financial institutions that would finance the leasing of vehicles, selecting Regions Capital Advantage as the winner. — Tess Riski july 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

When selecting tickets for those dates, buyers are warned Odom will not be performing. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 24 July 2026

Connect a service by heading to the sidebar in ChatGPT and selecting Health > Get started. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026

Given the scope and scale of the collection, tell me about the process of selecting the 331 works that would come to the Clark. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2026