druthers
What you'd pick
Druthers means personal preference or choice, almost always appearing in the phrase if I had my druthers: If I had my druthers, we'd skip the meeting entirely.
The word comes from a dialectal contraction of "I'd rather"—what you'd rather do if given the choice.
It's informal and slightly folksy.
Absence of constraint
- independenceFreedom from external control
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- free willAutonomous choice capacity
volition · sovereignty · choice · agency · latitude · leeway · discretion · prerogative
Informal authorization
likes · fancies · choices · pleasures · notions · idiosyncrasies · quirks · whims
Act of selecting
- optionAvailable course of action
- pickPointed breaking tool
- selectionChosen item or items
- favoriteMost liked option
inclination · leaning · predilection · partiality · penchant · taste · fancy · liking
freedom
Absence of constraint
- independenceFreedom from external control
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
free will · volition · sovereignty · choice · agency · latitude · leeway · discretion · prerogative · say-so
say-so
Informal authorization
picks · likes · fancies · choices · pleasures · notions · idiosyncrasies · quirks · whims
choice
Act of selecting
favorite · inclination · leaning · predilection · partiality · penchant · taste · fancy · liking · fondness
wish
Yearned-for outcome
craving · hankering · aspiration · hope · dream · urge · yen · appetite · hunger · thirst
- preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
- inclinationsinclination, tendency, predisposition, proclivity, propensity
drutherscoercion
Pressured compliance through threats
force · compulsion · obligation · duress · necessity
druthersaversion
Intense dislike or repugnance
antipathy · animosity · disinclination · reluctance · repugnance