Selective Synonyms and Antonyms

sĭ-lĕktĭv
Able to recognize small differences or draw fine distinctions
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. discriminating
  2. careful
  3. particular
  4. discriminate
  5. scrupulous
  6. choosy
  7. discriminative
  8. eclectic
  9. discriminatory
  10. finicky
  11. fussy
  12. select
  13. picky
Antonyms:
  1. indiscriminate
  2. undiscriminating
  3. unselective
  4. uncaring
  5. open

Words Related to Selective

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.

Selective Sentence Examples

  • Such definitions, then, are to be accepted, if at all, as definitions of type, selective designations of leading but not strictly universal features.

  • There would be no selective reduction.

  • But it is forgotten that both the plant and the soil enjoy special powers of selective absorption, which remove and fix the better constituents of the water and leave the less valuable.

  • In city districts the modern practice is to restrict the number to four stations per line, and to equip the exchanges and stations for selective ringing.

  • But eventually they may in turn become, in changed conditions, of selective value.

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