pick Synonyms
Another word for pick
• verb (Context 1)
To choose or select someone or something from a group.
"The coach will choose the starting lineup before tomorrow's game."
• noun (Context 2)
An act or right of selecting something from a group, or the specific thing or person that is selected.
"We were given the first choice of the available puppies."
• verb (Context 3)
To detach and remove a flower, fruit, or vegetable from where it is growing.
"We spent the afternoon picking fresh strawberries at the local farm."
• noun (Context 4)
A small, thin piece of plastic, metal, or wood used for plucking the strings of a musical instrument.
"She dropped her guitar plectrum inside the acoustic soundhole and struggled to get it out."
• verb (Context 5)
To repeatedly pull at or touch something with one's fingers.
"He nervously began to pluck at the loose thread on his sweater."
• noun (Context 6)
A tool with a heavy curved metal head with one or both ends pointed, mounted on a wooden handle, used for breaking up soil or rock.
"The miner swung his pickaxe into the hard rock wall of the tunnel."
Opposites of pick
The opposite of pick shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: