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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of PICK

to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use <pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner>

Synonyms gather, pick, reap

Related Words clam, fish, seal, shrimp, whale; accumulate, forage, garner; glean; cut, hay, mow; bag, capture, hunt, net, snare, trap; crop, grow, raise

Near Antonyms plant, seed, sow

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities <I pick you as my partner>

Synonyms cherry-pick, cull, elect, handpick, name, opt (for), pick, prefer, select, single (out), tag, take

Related Words preselect; appoint, designate, fix, mark, nominate, set, tab, tap; accept, adopt, embrace, espouse; settle (on or upon)

Near Antonyms disapprove, negative, repudiate, spurn; discard, jettison, throw away, throw out

Antonyms decline, refuse, reject, turn down

to bring (something volatile or intense) into being <he seems to be trying to pick a fight>

Synonyms abet, brew, ferment, foment, instigate, pick, provoke, raise, stir (up), whip (up)

Related Words advance, cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote, sow, stimulate; detonate, set, set off, trigger; excite, galvanize, inflame (also enflame), inspire, motivate, rouse; activate, energize, enliven, fire, invigorate, jazz (up), liven (up), pep (up), quicken, stimulate, vitalize

Near Antonyms bridle, check, constrain, curb, discourage, hold, inhibit, regulate, rein (in), restrain, tame; allay, calm, quiet, settle, soothe, still, subdue, tranquilize (also tranquillize)

to eat reluctantly and in small bites <still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food>

Synonyms peck, pick

Related Words graze, nosh, snack; taste

Near Antonyms gorge, gormandize, overeat, pig out, swill

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object <continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp>

Synonyms gore, harpoon, jab, lance, peck, pick, pierce, pink, puncture, run through, skewer, spear, spike, spit, stab, stick, transfix, transpierce

Related Words spindle; perforate, riddle; bayonet, dirk, gimlet, pike, poniard, prong, quill; pinprick, poke, prick, punch, thrust; cut, knife, slice

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