preselect
Pick in advance
To preselect is to choose something in advance, before a later stage of decision-making or before options are presented to others: The committee preselected five candidates for interviews.
In computing and forms, preselected options come already chosen as defaults: The checkbox was preselected.
Favored choice among alternatives
- optionAvailable course of action
- pickPointed breaking tool
- designationFormal name or title
- shortlistCulled selection for review
nomination · favorite · default · predetermined · curated · handpicked · cherry-picked · elect
Toggleable selection indicator
- dropdownExpandable selection menu
- defaultPreset standard option
- autofillAutomatic form completion
- prefillPopulate before user input
toggle · menu · option · configuration · setting · form · template · preset
Standards for judgment
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- vettingEvaluating suitability through investigation
- qualifyingMeeting required criteria
- narrowingReduction in width
shortlisting · elimination · sorting · sifting · winnowing · culling · trimming · refining
Established beforehand
- riggedFraudulently arranged beforehand
- fixedRestored or immovable
- stackedArranged in a heap
- loadedWeighted or wealthy
skewed · manipulated · favored · handpicked · cherry-picked · orchestrated · arranged · gerrymandered
preference
Favored choice among alternatives
- optionAvailable course of action
- pickPointed breaking tool
- designationFormal name or title
shortlist · nomination · favorite · default · predetermined · curated · handpicked · cherry-picked · elect · appoint
checkbox
Toggleable selection indicator
prefill · toggle · menu · option · configuration · setting · form · template · preset · saved
criteria
Standards for judgment
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- vettingEvaluating suitability through investigation
- qualifyingMeeting required criteria
narrowing · shortlisting · elimination · sorting · sifting · winnowing · culling · trimming · refining · whittling
predetermined
Established beforehand
loaded · skewed · manipulated · favored · handpicked · cherry-picked · orchestrated · arranged · gerrymandered · weighted
preselectimprovise
Perform without preparation
leave to chance · ad-lib · wing it · deselect
preselectrandomize
Introduce disorder systematically
leave to chance · random selection · unfiltered · unscreened · unvetted