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.

Today's word is:

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."