Synonyms for selection

noun

1. The act of selecting

   choice, election, determination, choosing, preference, co-optation, appropriation, adoption, reservation, separation.

2. Anything selected

   pick, collection, excerpt; see choice 3, reading 3.

3. An evolutionary process

   survival of the fittest, natural selection, sexual selection, unconscious selection, methodical selection, modification, change by sport, adaptation, Darwinian process, biogenesis, Mendelian fitness.

4. A variety from which to choose

   choice, assortment, range, variety; see choice 2. See syn. study at choice.