choose
Make a decision
Choose is to pick from among options, selecting one or more while leaving others behind.
The word implies agency and deliberation: Choose your words carefully.
You can choose a career, a partner, or what to have for dinner.
When something is chosen, it has been selected with intent; the chosen few are a select group.
To choose between options is to weigh them; to choose not to do something is a deliberate decision to abstain.
I chose the red one records a completed selection.
Pointed breaking tool
- selectCarefully pick from options
- electChoose by vote
- handpickSelect individually with care
- single outSelect for special attention
cull · opt · decide · settle on · go with · take · favor · prefer
Reach a conclusion
- determineEstablish through investigation
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- concludeEnd or infer
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
judge · weigh · consider · evaluate · assess · finalize · commit · settle
Independent decision-making capacity
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
- agencyPower to act
- volitionCapacity for choice
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
liberty · independence · discretion · prerogative · empowerment · option · latitude · leeway
State of perplexity
- predicamentDifficult, unpleasant situation
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
- impasseSituation without resolution
tough call · fork in the road · catch-22 · bind · plight · uncertainty · conflict · torn
Propose as candidate
- appointAssign to office
- nameIdentifying word for someone
- designateFormally select or name
- electChoose by vote
commission · delegate · assign · invest · install · authorize · empower · ordain
Disposition toward something
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- predilectionPreexisting preference or bias
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
liking · affinity · penchant · leaning · predisposition · favoritism · bias · propensity
pick
Pointed breaking tool
single out · cull · opt · decide · settle on · go with · take · favor · prefer · adopt
decide
Reach a conclusion
deliberate · judge · weigh · consider · evaluate · assess · finalize · commit · settle · make up one's mind
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
self-determination · liberty · independence · discretion · prerogative · empowerment · option · latitude · leeway · flexibility
quandary
State of perplexity
- predicamentDifficult, unpleasant situation
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
impasse · tough call · fork in the road · catch-22 · bind · plight · uncertainty · conflict · torn · weighing options
nominate
Propose as candidate
elect · commission · delegate · assign · invest · install · authorize · empower · ordain · proclaim
inclination
Disposition toward something
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- predilectionPreexisting preference or bias
fondness · liking · affinity · penchant · leaning · predisposition · favoritism · bias · propensity · bent
- "OO" wordsmoon, food, soon, room, cool
- preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
- irregular verbsbegin, began, begun, break, broke
- choicesdecide, decision, select, selection, pick
- selection wordsselect, handpick, cherry-pick, single out, pick out
- sorting actionssift, filter, cull, weed out, separate
choosehesitate
Pause in uncertainty
waver · vacillate · dither · equivocate · waffle
choosesubmit
Present for consideration
leave to chance · acquiesce · follow orders · ignore · abstain
- pick and chooseSelect with discrimination
- choose sidesCommit to one faction
- choose your own adventureReader-controlled branching narrative
- choose one's battlesDecide which conflicts merit effort
- picking and choosingSelective acceptance of options
- right to choosePower to decide freely