opts
Makes a choice
Opts means chooses or selects, typically from among alternatives: She opts for the salad instead of the burger.
To opt in is to choose to participate; to opt out is to decline or withdraw.
The word carries a sense of deliberate decision rather than casual preference.
Makes a choice
- choosesSelects from alternatives
- picksSelections from options
- decidesReaches a conclusion
- electsChooses by voting
settles · goes for · takes · prefers · determines · singles out · favors · designates
Refuses or diminishes
- withdrawsPulls out or removes
- unsubscribesRemoves oneself from mailings
- exitsDeparture points
- refusesDeclines to accept
abstains · passes · skips · rejects · bows out · disengages · cancels · deactivates
Formally joins an institution
- subscribesAgrees to receive regularly
- signs upFormally joins or registers
- joinsBrings together, attaches
- registersRecords officially
participates · engages · commits · enters · activates · consents · agrees · accepts
Other available options
- choicesAvailable options to pick
- pathsCourses for travel
- routesPaths for travel
- avenuesWide urban streets
possibilities · selections · variants · preferences · directions · courses · approaches · strategies
selects
Makes a choice
elects · settles · goes for · takes · prefers · determines · singles out · favors · designates · identifies
declines
Refuses or diminishes
- withdrawsPulls out or removes
- unsubscribesRemoves oneself from mailings
- exitsDeparture points
refuses · abstains · passes · skips · rejects · bows out · disengages · cancels · deactivates · foregoes
enrolls
Formally joins an institution
- subscribesAgrees to receive regularly
- signs upFormally joins or registers
- joinsBrings together, attaches
registers · participates · engages · commits · enters · activates · consents · agrees · accepts · volunteers
alternatives
Other available options
avenues · possibilities · selections · variants · preferences · directions · courses · approaches · strategies · tradeoffs
optsdeclines
Refuses or diminishes
refuses · rejects · passes on · turns down · opts out
optsdefaults
Preset options or failures
defers · goes along · acquiesces · drifts
- opt outDecline to participate
- opted outChose not to participate
- opting outChoosing not to participate
- opt inChoose to participate
- left one's options openMaintained multiple possibilities
- weighing optionsConsidering alternatives carefully
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