CHOOSE Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

choose

verb

ˈchüz

Definition of choose

as in to select

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities choose a computer that best suits your needs

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Relevance

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as in to want

to see fit you can wear whatever you choose to the party

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as in to decide

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration chose to write on a controversial topic for the local newspaper

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Recent Examples of choose The number of 16-24s choosing the streamer first was further ahead of rivals. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026 For some families, choosing the less expensive school can free up money for everything from dorm decorations to savings. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 On August 11th, South Carolina held a special election to choose a replacement for Lindsey on the ballot. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 That's why the stadium was chosen as the Best NFL Stadium and Best Stadium for Food in the 2026 USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for choose

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But Mansoor Delane, who the Chiefs traded up to select, was limited for much of training camp with a shoulder injury and missed the first preseason game.

— Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Lamb, 27, who was selected by the Cowboys in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft, was at training camp with the team in Oxnard, California, at the time of the burglary.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of select

Verb

That’s why this list includes both heavy, high fill powers and light inserts that will please even the hottest sleepers.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 Aug. 2026
Wrestlers having legitimate issues backstage has led to multiple feuds that people-pleasing AEW President Tony Khan could not control.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of please

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Preventative measures Some prefer taking a softer security approach that starts in the classroom, with measures that focus on student supervision, threat assessment and management, and suicide prevention.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Some fans prefer when the game has fewer twists that disrupt the natural flow of alliances and power structures.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of prefer

Verb

Thoroughly unimpressed by her suburban idyll, and evidently unmoved by her responsibilities as wife and mother, Denise labors in her basement on a novel whose protagonist wishes to forsake her family for a life in New York.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
After taking his kids on a family boat trip earlier this month, Brady turned to Instagram to wish his lookalike son, Jack Moynahan, a happy 19th birthday.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 22 Aug. 2026

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