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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Alternatives - Choose

Alternatives is a recurring post in which I give synonyms for an over used word. Click on the tab above for a "complete" list of over used words.



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Choose your words wisely. I am pleased to include "alternative" to the list!

Depending on how you use it, this list may come in handy for finding another way to say the same thing.


accept, adopt, adjudge, adjudicate, aim at, alternative, appoint, arbitrate

ballot, be desirous of, be inclined, be persuaded, between

call for, cast, cherry-pick, chew on/over, cogitate, command, commit oneself, conclude, consider, contemplate, co-opt, covet, crave, cull, cut and paste

debate, decide on, decree, deliberate, delicate, desiderate, designate, desire, determine, discretion, discriminate, division, draw lots,

elect, embrace, entertain, espouse, excerpt, extract

fancy, fastidious, favor, feel disposed to, feel inclined, figure, find, finical, finger, finicky, first come first serve, fix on, fussy

glean

handpick, have designs on

judge

like, love, lust (after)

make a choice, make a decision, make up one’s mind, mark (out for), mediate, mull (over)

name, nice, nominate

opt for, option, optional

particular, pernickety, persnickety, pick (out), pick and choose, please, poll, ponder, predestine, prefer, preselect, put to the vote

question

rather have, referee, reserve, resolve, rule (on), ruminate

see fit, select, separate, set, set apart/aside, settle on/upon, set one’s seal upon, sift, single out, slot, sort, study

tab, tag, take (to), take a decided/decisive step, take for better or worse, tap, think about/fit/good/proper/over

umpire

voice, vote for

want, weigh (in), will, winnow, wish (for), wish to goodness, would fain do


Got a favorite word? I'm kind of partial to persnickety, myself. It's a word my mother used to say... "Don't get persnickety with me!"


I simply could not resist using this song, "Choose Me."

14 comments:

  1. And even if you don't choose, you still have made a choice.

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  2. Hi Bish .. lots of choices you've given us. Choice is a difficult word for many ...

    Persnickety - I love that ..

    Cheers Hilary

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  3. Great list of different word choices. Thanks.

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  4. These are great alternatives to create word variety.

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  5. I like "persnickety" too. I think it's the sound.

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  6. I think perhaps befuddled is one of my favorite words. There are a few other ones, but this is the one that comes readily to mind. However, I do believe I'll start using your persnickety word, if nothing for no other reason, than to see how my kids react when I say it to them.

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  7. Hey, thanks for stopping by! Persnickety is a good one, I need to use that more.

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  8. What am interesting blog and I am pinning the word choices. I am looking forward to the A-Z too.

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  9. Always fantastic to learn alternatives to common words. :) I love persnickety and I am a big fan or surreptitiously and serendipitous.
    ~Jess

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  10. Persnickety is such a good word! I get stuck on "something" a lot lately, though it's just one of the many repeat words I find myself over using. Great list--definitely some amazing other options out there to choose from :)

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  11. I like, "opt." It's fun to see the different options you have for a word. That's why my Thesaurus is such a good friend!

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