CHOICES Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

choices

noun

plural of choice

as in options

the power, right, or opportunity to choose you have no choice: you have to go to the conference

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as in bets

a person or thing that is chosen my choice for best song of all time

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rejectees

as in best

individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class that school accepts only the choice of the city's crop of high school students

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as in wills

the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions the prisoner had no choice but to do what he was told

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Recent Examples of choices The model tends toward certain word choices repeatedly throughout a text, embedding a pattern that is meant to be perceptible only to someone with the key. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Played completely deadpan by Konopka, the character beneath this daft assemblage of aesthetic choices makes no real sense as a functionary in this dry, dark future, much less as its hero. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026 But disruptive policy choices played a hand in creating perfect storm for a parasitic outbreak to occur, and have likely made outbreak containment that much harder. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026 Some of that has been driven by political choices — to wage war, cut taxes or provide a more generous social safety net during the COVID-19 pandemic. — Scott Horsley, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026 But choices like Wintour’s silence the very people hurt by ethnic hatred. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 20 Aug. 2026 Young people are investing in financial assets, businesses and themselves while taking advantage of choices that weren’t always available to previous generations. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026 Walter Bibikow / Getty Images Denver remained among the top three choices after the DNC decided to eliminate Atlanta and Chicago from the contenders. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Lunch offers a variety of croissant sandwiches with choices like a BLT, club, tuna salad, chicken pesto and caprese. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The options include a breakfast meat taco with egg and cheese, a cheesesteak melt taco, a chicken melt taco or patty melt tacos.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The flourishes are eclectic and include octopus lamps, tiger scatter cushions, bird cage hangings, and vintage Louis Vuitton chests alongside bookshelves stacked with some interesting reading options.

— Megan Wilkes, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of options

Noun

Benton had career bests in tackles (51), tackles for loss (6) and sacks (5 1/2) while helping the Steelers to the AFC North title.

— CBS News, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2026
With the three-row Kia Sorento, the Hyundai Palisade retains the South Korean brands’ 10-year, 100,000-mile powertrain warranty, both segment and industry bests.

— James Raia, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of best

Noun

The first-round selections will be announced in early September, followed by final pitching in late September, with final selections announced during ACFM.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Over the course of two long and decorated MLB careers — which includes Heyward’s five Gold Gloves, Freeman’s 10 All-Star selections, and five World Series rings between the two of them — their paths diverged and reconnected multiple times.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of selections

Noun

Both movies share more than a few qualities, notably the same love of infinite interzones and the same flavor of exponentially increasing existential dread.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Are there leadership qualities that have ascended in importance and others that have descended?

— Steve Karp, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of qualities

Noun

With the casting for James Bond now very much underway and Elordi continuing to have a strong presence among the favorites for the coveted role, Variety also managed to sneak in a question about whether he’d been involved in the auditions.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Cheese, Greek and kale pizzas are customer favorites, or cozy up to a nostalgic helping of lasagna, made with ricotta and mozzarella cheese with marinara or Bolognese sauce.

— USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of favorites

Noun

That kind of pressure from the elites, in combination with other wartime strains on Russia’s economy and society, could force Putin to negotiate a peace deal, the source said.

— Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Viral memes, in 2024 and now, have romanticized him as a popular – and incredibly attractive – man of the people who made corporate elites within the American health insurance industry afraid.

— Evan Clarkson, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026

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