chooses

VERB

pick, select

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accept adopt appoint cast designate determine elect embrace favor judge love name prefer single out take want

STRONG

co-opt crave cull desire espouse excerpt extract fancy finger glean predestine separate slot sort tag tap weigh will winnow wish

WEAK

call for commit oneself decide on discriminate between draw lots feel disposed to fix on make choice make decision make up one's mind opt for see fit set aside settle upon sift out tab take up wish for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abstain disallow dislike hate ignore receive refuse reject repudiate repulse

STRONG

insert neglect not want

Example Sentences

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Kristof says of Ursula that she “charts her course in full light with eyes wide open, and still she chooses danger. Chooses — over and over — not to surrender.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Idaho Chooses Life did not respond to a request for comment.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2023

New Rangers Coach Chooses Assistants The Rangers announced the hiring of three assistant coaches Wednesday, marking another departure from the team’s structure under the departed coach John Tortorella.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2013

If It Chooses You hadn’t been written by the trendy filmmaker Miranda July, would it have been published?

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2012

Area Teenager Chooses Poorly My mother, the pacifist, would kill me dead if she knew what I’d just done.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon