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Synonyms and Antonyms : Choose
Choose
( Verb )
The greedy boy had to choose the largest apple in the dish.
Synonyms:
Select
Prefer
Pick
Elect
Cull
Contextual Examples:
She was so confused to see the large variety of saris that she could not select one for her.
Baja Singh preferred death to yielding to the British.
The beginning of the trial had to be delayed owing to difficulty in picking the right kind of jurors.
The high school cricket team elected John as the Captain.
A sheep breeder culls the weak animals from his flock.
A housewife in a supermarket confronted by several tins of tomato of identical size and quality, often picks the one nearest to her.
Antonyms:
Reject
Discard
Renounce
Spurn
Disapprove
Contextual Examples:
I rejected the over-ripe apples but bought the rest.
I have discarded the old furniture, so I need new one.
The old bachelor has renounced this world and gone to the Himalayas for meditation.
I am a democrat but spurn the overcrowded and underfed poor.
He has disapproved the purchase of this building.
The Synonyms and Antonyms form an integral part of the English Language. Acquaintance with the vocabulary of the English language is a necessity for effective expression either in written or in an oral from. Synonyms are nothing but the similar meanings of a particular word or its semantic relation. A Synonym is a word or a phrase that means the same as another word or a phrase in the same language. Antonyms are the negative connotation of a particular word. An Antonym is a word or phrase that is opposite in meaning to a particular word or a phrase in the same language.
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