selectee
Person being picked
A selectee is someone who has been selected, especially for military service through conscription or for enhanced security screening at airports.
The term emphasizes the passive role—being chosen by an institution rather than volunteering: As a selectee, he was flagged for additional screening at the gate.
In military contexts, selectee distinguished draftees from enlistees.
One proposed for position
- appointeePerson named to position
- inducteeOne formally admitted
- drafteeOne conscripted for service
- recruitNew member sought
enlistee · delegate · representative · designee · assignee · pick · winner · recipient
One who formally requests
- nomineeOne proposed for position
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- aspirantOne seeking advancement
- entrantCompetition participant
hopeful · interviewee · finalist · contender · shortlisted · eligible · screening · vetting
To set in motion
- pledgeBinding promise given
- inducteeOne formally admitted
- enrolleeOne officially signed up
- admitteeOne granted acceptance
recruit · freshman · neophyte · probationer · trainee · intern · apprentice · novice
Formal candidate selection
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- draftPreliminary version of text
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
- inductionFormal admission process
recruitment · shortlist · screening · eligibility · roster · pool · ballot · voting
nominee
One proposed for position
recruit · enlistee · delegate · representative · designee · assignee · pick · winner · recipient · beneficiary
applicant
One who formally requests
- nomineeOne proposed for position
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- aspirantOne seeking advancement
entrant · hopeful · interviewee · finalist · contender · shortlisted · eligible · screening · vetting · background check
initiate
To set in motion
admittee · recruit · freshman · neophyte · probationer · trainee · intern · apprentice · novice · entrant
nomination
Formal candidate selection
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- draftPreliminary version of text
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
induction · recruitment · shortlist · screening · eligibility · roster · pool · ballot · voting · election
- participantsparticipant, entrant, respondent, applicant, enrollee
- selection statuschosen, unchosen, picked, rejected, accepted
- conscriptionconscription, conscript, conscripts, draftee, draftees
- military enlistmentenlistment, recruit, enlisted, induction, recruits
- recruitsrecruit, new recruit, raw recruit, draftee, conscript
- candidatescandidate, candidates, nominee, nominees, contender
- select groupExclusive, curated membership
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- selective memoryUnconsciously filtering past events
- select allChoose every option
- text selection
- selective hearingUnconsciously filtering unwanted input
select, selection, selected, selective, selecting, selections, selectivity, unselected, selectively