Definition for Selection:

• The act of selecting; a number of things selected. Natural selection, the process by which Nature selects for survival the animals and plants that are fitted to live on under changed conditions of existence; called also the survival of the fittest.

Synonyms for Selection:

• n.

  •
  • conclusion,
  • appropriation,
  • resolution,
  • reservation.
  •
  • reading.
  •
  • adaptation,
  • modification.
  •
  • assortment,
  • variety.
  •appointment (noun)
  • naming,
  • certification,
  • ordination.
  •choice (noun)
  • judgment,
  • desire,
  • discretion,
  • wish,
  • determination,
  • volition.
  •extract (noun)
  • cuttings.
  •merchandise (noun)
  • stock.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • designation,
  • decision making,
  • possibility,
  • omnibus.
  •
  • admission.
  •
  • liberty.
  •
  • draw.
  •
  • call.
  •draft
  • conscription.
  •Other relevant words:
  • optional,
  • corroboration,
  • pickaxe,
  • eclecticism,
  • chosen,
  • discern,
  • go for,
  • detection,
  • decide,
  • ranking,
  • settlement,
  • acceptance,
  • manifestation,
  • co-option,
  • reference,
  • buy,
  • alternate,
  • gleanings,
  • settling on,
  • showing,
  • best,
  • first choice,
  • plebiscite,
  • supply,
  • choices,
  • way out,
  • opportunity,
  • pointing,
  • taxonomy,
  • electoral,
  • characterization,
  • rubric,
  • evolution,
  • assembly,
  • meaning,
  • choose,
  • natural selection,
  • confirmation,
  • clipping,
  • verse,
  • disclosure,
  • insight,
  • cull,
  • inheritance,
  • spread,
  • sentence,
  • phrase,
  • pleasure,
  • series,
  • hint,
  • choicest,
  • assign,
  • contain,
  • quote,
  • piece,
  • line,
  • heredity,
  • plectron,
  • diversification,
  • constitution,
  • alternatives,
  • voting,
  • picking out,
  • mix,
  • set,
  • lot,
  • portion,
  • endurance,
  • recognition,
  • allusion,
  • sifting,
  • Preoption,
  • merchandise,
  • analecta,
  • combination,
  • survival of the fittest,
  • stabilization,
  • screening,
  • show,
  • stanza,
  • substantiation,
  • singling out,
  • triage,
  • genetics,
  • pinpointing,
  • group,
  • passage,
  • constituent,
  • filling,
  • slice,
  • Picked,
  • setting,
  • will,
  • distinguishing,
  • fixing,
  • any,
  • indication,
  • sampler,
  • allocation,
  • gamut,
  • Excerption,
  • excerpta,
  • referendum,
  • precision,
  • perception,
  • diversity,
  • recourse,
  • display,
  • plectrum,
  • agreement,
  • sampling,
  • placement,
  • pointing out,
  • prefer,
  • categorization,
  • verification,
  • elective,
  • hoard,
  • arrangement,
  • voting for,
  • identification,
  • sort,
  • discriminating,
  • acumen,
  • picking,
  • attribution,
  • poll,
  • multifariousness,
  • determine,
  • wares,
  • chooses,
  • scale,
  • free choice,
  • text,
  • OPTS,
  • analects,
  • Gleaning,
  • denomination,
  • bet,
  • sorting out,
  • Culling,
  • posting,
  • consume,
  • remaining alive,
  • store,
  • establishment,
  • mixture,
  • facultative,
  • manner,
  • abstract,
  • weft,
  • rank,
  • deciding,
  • multiplicity,
  • woof,
  • stockpile,
  • grouping,
  • kind,
  • elect,
  • expression,
  • suggestion,
  • vote,
  • cache,
  • take,
  • heterogeneity,
  • co-optation,
  • infusion,
  • tabbing,
  • particular,
  • connection,
  • optioned,
  • adopt,
  • equality,
  • casting,
  • survival,
  • read back,
  • opting for,
  • drafting,
  • cream,
  • miscellany,
  • alternatively,
  • necessity,
  • batch,
  • settling,
  • no choice,
  • pickax,
  • pointing to,
  • goods,
  • distinguish,
  • Electing,
  • stipulation,
  • canto,
  • free will,
  • extraction,
  • paragraph,
  • particularization,
  • options,
  • Ordainment,
  • favourite,
  • unpick,
  • variant,
  • subordination,
  • register,
  • citation,
  • selective,
  • discernment,
  • sorting,
  • choicer,
  • inventory,
  • selective breeding,
  • reservoir,
  • consider,
  • signification,
  • surrogate,
  • description,
  • Labelling,
  • array,
  • instead,
  • pinning down,
  • transferral,
  • character,
  • section,
  • specification,
  • denotation,
  • authentication,
  • appoint,
  • discrimination,
  • cutting,
  • weeding out,
  • differentiation,
  • affirmation,
  • way,
  • select,
  • gradation,
  • part,
  • optioning,
  • convey,
  • number,
  • reserve,
  • fingering.

Paraphrases for Selection:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    election, elections.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    election.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    preselection.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    nominees, Qualities, attributes, requirements, reports, Atlases, discuss, states, chosen, selector, shift, SEL.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    data, composition, assortment, collection, discretion, chosen, range, sample, shift, sampling, prequalification, non-selectivity.
  • Verb, past tense
    used.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    follows.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    Selecting, choice, choices, Choosing, screening, adjudication.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Selecting, choice, selectivity, Choosing, selectiveness, screening, adjudication, selector, preference.

Antonyms for Selection:

• n.

  • preference from among choices
    refusal, rejection.
  • Other antonyms:
    force, coercion, duty, obligation, duress, Hobson's Choice.

Homophones for Selection:

• school system, socialisation, sluice down, selectwoman, social system, silk cotton, sleek down, selectman, solicitation, slick down, social action, social station, socialization.

Hypernym for Selection:

• n.

  • act
    election, determination, conclusion, voting, decision, balloting, casting, sampling, willing, volition, colouration, coloration, ballot, vote.

Hyponym for Selection:

• n.

  • act
    action.
  • group
    salmagundi, miscellany, assortment, miscellanea, motley, smorgasbord, variety, mixture, mixed bag, potpourri.