Selection Synonyms and Antonyms

sĭ-lĕkshən
Anything selected
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. choice
  2. excerpt
  3. pick
  4. collection
  5. analecta
  6. analects
  7. anthology
  8. assortment
  9. chrestomathy
  10. collectanea
  11. discrimination
  12. draft
  13. eclecticism
  14. election
  15. option
  16. excerption
  17. passage
  18. preference
  19. selectivity
  20. vote
  21. extract
Antonyms:
  1. indiscrimination
  2. promiscuity
  3. rejection
  4. refusal
An evolutionary process
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. survival-of-the-fittest
  2. natural-selection
  3. sexual-selection
  4. unconscious selection
  5. methodical selection
  6. modification
  7. change by sport
  8. survival
  9. adaptation
  10. Darwinian process
  11. biogenesis
  12. Mendelian fitness
A variety from which to choose
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. choice
  2. range
  3. assortment
  4. variety
A range of things from which one can make a choice:
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. choice
Synonyms:
(Verb)
  1. choose
  2. select

Words Related to Selection

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Selection Sentence Examples

  • The natural selection process is survival of the fittest.

  • The machine was set for "random selection" so no one was cheated.

  • Megan considered the selection and ordered a pound of lunchmeat sliced thick.

  • Thus it is that the variations are produced upon which natural selection has to work.

  • On the fertile low grounds along the margins of rivers or in clearings of forests, agricultural communities naturally take their rise, dwelling in villages and cultivating the wild grains, which by careful nurture and selection have been turned into rich cereals.

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