first pick
Draft's opening selection
First pick is the right to choose before anyone else, especially in sports drafts where teams select players in order: The worst team gets first pick in next year's draft.
More broadly, it means having priority selection of anything: Volunteers get first pick of the leftover food.
To be someone's first pick is to be their top choice: You weren't my first pick for the job, but you've proven yourself.
- top choiceMost preferred option
- priorityStatus of greater importance
- selectionChosen item or items
- draftPreliminary version of text
- chosenSelected from alternatives
draft day · premier · dibs · elite · preference · cream of the crop · handpicked · favored · number one · top dog · leading · prime · selectee · frontrunner · chosen one · lottery · roster · talent
- preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
- playground rulesdibs, do-over, finders keepers, called it, time out
- roster selectiondraft order, tryout, roster, starting lineup, depth chart
- firstsinitial, beginning, start, opening, original
- roster spotsstarter, starters, reserve, roster, starting lineup
first picklast resort
Final available option
consolation prize · second choice · backup plan · bottom of the barrel · scraps
first, pick, firsts, firstly, picks, picked, picking, picker, pickers