prechosen
Picked in advance
Prechosen describes something selected in advance, before the moment of apparent choice arrives: The prechosen winners were announced at the ceremony.
The word often implies that a decision presented as open was actually predetermined: Voters suspected the candidates were prechosen by party leadership.
Established beforehand
- preselectedChosen ahead of time
- handpickedPersonally selected with care
- designatedOfficially selected beforehand
- appointedAssigned to office
assigned · nominated · earmarked · singled out · cherry-picked · curated · opted · elected
Determined by destiny
- destinedFixed by fate
- predestinedDecided in advance
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
- preordainedDecided in advance
meant · inevitable · written · prophesied · foretold · decreed · sealed · certain
Established beforehand
- riggedFraudulently arranged beforehand
- fixedRestored or immovable
- stackedArranged in a heap
- manipulatedControlled through cunning
orchestrated · arranged · prejudged · preordained · weighted · slanted · skewed · loaded
predetermined
Established beforehand
- preselectedChosen ahead of time
- handpickedPersonally selected with care
- designatedOfficially selected beforehand
appointed · assigned · nominated · earmarked · singled out · cherry-picked · curated · opted · elected · picked
fated
Determined by destiny
- destinedFixed by fate
- predestinedDecided in advance
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
preordained · meant · inevitable · written · prophesied · foretold · decreed · sealed · certain · inescapable
predetermined
Established beforehand
manipulated · orchestrated · arranged · prejudged · preordained · weighted · slanted · skewed · loaded · partial
prechosenlast-minute
Just before deadline
impromptu · on-the-fly · real-time · eleventh-hour · belated
prechosenspontaneous
Arising without external cause
impromptu · unplanned · spur-of-the-moment · random · unchosen
prechosenunchosen
Not picked or selected
unselected · undetermined · undecided · open · undesignated
choice, choose, chosen, choosing, choosy, chose, chooses, unchosen, chooser