Synonyms of the word

selection

• n. The process or act of selecting.
• n. Something selected.
• n. A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
• n. A musical piece.
• n. (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.

action

• n. Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
• n. A way of motion or functioning.
• n. A fast-paced activity.
• n. A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
• n. (music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano,…
• n. (slang) sexual intercourse.
• n. The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
• n. (military) Combat.
• n. (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
• n. (mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual…
• n. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem,…
• n. (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive…
• n. (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
• n. (business, obsolete, a Gallicism) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public…
• interj. Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
• v. (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
• v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.

activity

• n. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active…
• n. Something done as an action or a movement.
• n. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
• n. Use (of internet, Playstation, bank account etc.).

assortment

• n. A collection of varying but related items.

choice

• n. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
• n. One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
• n. Anything that can be chosen.
• n. (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
• n. (obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
• n. (obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
• adj. Especially good or preferred.
• adj. (slang, New Zealand) Cool; excellent.
• adj. (obsolete) Careful in choosing; discriminating.

deciding

• v. present participle of decide.

excerpt

• n. a clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, a literary composition…
• v. To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.

excerption

• n. The act of excerpting or selecting.
• n. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.

extract

• n. Something that is extracted or drawn out.
• n. A portion of a book or document, incorporated distinctly in another work; a citation; a quotation.
• n. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential…
• n. Any substance extracted is such a way, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained.
• n. A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant…
• n. (obsolete) A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all…
• n. Ancestry; descent.
• n. A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein,…
• v. (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction,…
• v. (transitive) To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process. Compare…
• v. (transitive) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.
• v. (transitive) To select parts of a whole.
• v. (transitive, arithmetic) To determine (a root of a number).

miscellanea

• n. (countable) A miscellaneous collection of different things; a miscellany.
• n. plural of miscellaneum.

miscellany

• n. Miscellaneous items.
• n. A collection of writings on various subjects or topics; an anthology.

mixture

• n. The act of mixing.
• n. Something produced by mixing.
• n. Something that consists of diverse elements.
• n. A medicinal compound.
• n. (South India) Chevda, Bombay mix.

motley

• adj. Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity; heterogeneous.
• adj. Having many colours; variegated.
• n. An incongruous mixture.
• n. A jester's multicoloured clothes.
• n. (by extension) A jester; a fool.

option

• n. One of a set of choices that can be made.
• n. The freedom or right to choose.
• n. (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can…
• n. (graphical user interface) A button on a screen used to select an action (often "menu option").
• v. To purchase an option on something.
• v. (computing, dated) To configure, by setting an option.

passage

• n. A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
• n. Part of a path or journey.
• n. The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
• n. (art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
• n. A passageway or corridor.
• n. (caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
• n. (euphemistic) The vagina.
• n. The act of passing.
• v. (medicine) To pass a pathogen through a host or medium.
• v. (rare) To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross.
• n. (dressage) A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic,…
• v. (intransitive, dressage) To execute a passage movement.

pick

• n. A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
• n. A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
• n. A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
• n. A choice; ability to choose.
• n. That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
• n. (basketball) A screen.
• n. (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
• n. (American football) An interception.
• n. (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
• n. (baseball) A pickoff.
• n. (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
• n. A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
• n. (obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
• n. (printing, dated) A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face,…
• n. (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
• n. (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute);…
• v. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
• v. To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached;…
• v. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
• v. To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
• v. To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
• v. To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
• v. (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand…
• v. (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
• v. To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
• v. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
• v. To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
• v. To steal; to pilfer.
• v. (obsolete) To throw; to pitch.
• v. (dated) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.

potpourri

• n. A collection of various things; an assortment, mixed bag or motley.
• n. An anthology of miscellaneous prose.
• n. (music) A medley of songs or music.
• n. A mixture of dried fragrant plant material, often in a decorative bowl, used to scent a room.

salmagundi

• n. A food consisting of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
• n. Hence, any mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.

smorgasbord

• n. A buffet with many small dishes.
• n. (figuratively) A diverse collection of things.

survival

• n. The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
• n. (as a modifier) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
• n. (sports) The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division.

variety

• n. The quality of being varied; diversity.
• n. A specific variation of something.
• n. A number of different things.
• n. A state of constant change.
• n. (taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species and subspecies.
• n. (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.
• n. (cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
• n. (linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect,…
• n. (algebra, esp. universal algebra) The class of all algebraic structures of a given signature satisfying…
• n. The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.
• n. The production of, or performance in, variety shows.