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by choice

ADVERB
preferably
Synonyms
STRONG
rather
WEAK
alternatively first in preference willingly
ADVERB
rather
Synonyms
STRONGEST
sooner willingly
WEAK
alternately alternatively as a matter of choice by preference first in lieu of in preference just as soon more readily more willingly much sooner
Antonyms
WEAK
extremely insignificantly little violently
ADVERB
voluntarily
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deliberately freely intentionally spontaneously willingly
WEAK
at one's discretion by preference of one's own accord on one's own on one's own initiative optionally with all one's heart without being asked without prompting
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unintentionally
WEAK
forced involuntarily obligatory

Example Sentences

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"I just got an email and apparently I just got retired, not by choice but because I am no longer allowed to compete," Van Leuven said in a video posted on Instagram.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Kavanagh, 78, is a New Englander by birth and Californian by choice.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Let’s also acknowledge that some new entrepreneurs didn’t become founders entirely by choice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

I was aged out of my profession in 2019, not by choice.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

But how would she explain to her children, as they watched images of the city drowning, that their father was there by choice, paddling around in a secondhand canoe?

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers