Synonyms of selects

selects

verb

present tense third-person singular of select

as in chooses

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

• chooses
• picks
• elects
• takes
• prefers
• designates
• names
• handpicks
• culls
• cherry-picks
• nominates
• tags
• opts (for)
• singles (out)
• accepts
• appoints
• adopts
• taps
• preselects
• embraces
• marks
• sets
• espouses
• tabs
• fixes
• settles (on or upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejects
• refuses
• declines
• turns down
• disapproves
• spurns
• repudiates
• discards
• negatives
• throws out
• throws away
• jettisons

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of selects

The agreement, announced on July 22, would move forward only if the Canadian government selects the Gripen E for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s fighter fleet. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026

The administrator’s office randomly selects 12 members from its panel. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Once both team colors are determined, FIFA selects the color that the referees will wear, which is also intended to be the most striking color as compared to both of the teams. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026

Boise contracts each year with whoever Ada County selects, Shelton said. — Carolyn Komatsoulis updated July 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 July 2026

For each match, the model compares the two teams’ FIFA ranking points, converts the rating difference into a win probability, and randomly selects a winner using that probability. — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Once a month, Alejandro de Lucia, 62, a Cuban native living in Long Island, launches the Supermarket23 app and selects meats, rice and other items to send to his in-laws in Cojimar, who are in their 80s. — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Cisco’s system dynamically selects the right model for each task. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 1 July 2026

These are not spontaneous, however, and there is a detailed process that has gone into determining what tracks are played, who selects them, and how often they will be heard. — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 28 June 2026