chooses
Makes a selection
Chooses is the present-tense form of choose, used with singular subjects.
To choose is to select from alternatives: She chooses her words carefully, He always chooses the window seat.
The word implies deliberation—weighing options before deciding.
Makes a choice
- picksSelections from options
- optsDecides among alternatives
- decidesReaches a conclusion
- electsChooses by voting
handpicks · culls · screens · nominates · designates · appoints · adopts · names
Reaches a conclusion
- determinesSettles or concludes
- resolvesSettles or concludes firmly
- concludesBrings to an end
- deliberatesThinks carefully before deciding
weighs · considers · evaluates · assesses · judges · reasons · deduces · infers
Likes one more
- favorsPreferences or courtesies
- inclinesTilts or tends toward
- leansAngles from vertical
- gravitatesIs naturally attracted toward
fancies · likes · predilection · partiality · taste · affinity · fondness · penchant
Without restriction or hindrance
- voluntarilyWithout external compulsion
- independentlyWithout outside assistance
- self-determinesChooses own course freely
- liberatesSets free from captivity
empowers · agency · free-will · sovereignty · self-direction · autonomy · volition · prerogative
selects
Makes a choice
elects · handpicks · culls · screens · nominates · designates · appoints · adopts · names · tags
decides
Reaches a conclusion
- determinesSettles or concludes
- resolvesSettles or concludes firmly
- concludesBrings to an end
deliberates · weighs · considers · evaluates · assesses · judges · reasons · deduces · infers · arbitrates
prefers
Likes one more
gravitates · fancies · likes · predilection · partiality · taste · affinity · fondness · penchant · predisposition
freely
Without restriction or hindrance
- voluntarilyWithout external compulsion
- independentlyWithout outside assistance
- self-determinesChooses own course freely
liberates · empowers · agency · free-will · sovereignty · self-direction · autonomy · volition · prerogative · discretion
commits
Pledges to do
devotes · binds · obligates · promises · engages · loyalty · allegiance · faithfulness · fidelity · constancy
choosesrejects
Refuses or discards
refuses · declines · turns down · dismisses · passes on
chooseshesitates
Shows momentary indecision
wavers · vacillates · dithers · equivocates · procrastinates
- 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