choice

Noun · Adjective

Synonyms: pick selection option alternative prime(a)prize quality select

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

the person or thing chosen or selected“he was my pick for mayor”Synonyms: pick selection
the act of choosing or selecting“your choice of colors was unfortunate”“you can take your pick”Synonyms: selection option pick
one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen“what option did I have?”“there no other alternative”“my only choice is to refuse”Synonyms: option alternative

Adjective (2)

of superior grade“choice wines”“prime beef”“prize carnations”“quality paper”“select peaches”Synonyms: prime(a)prize quality select
appealing to refined taste“choice wine”

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Choice \Choice\, a. [Compar. Choicer; superl. Choicest.]

1.Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable. [1913 Webster]

My choicest hours of life are lost.— Swift.[1913 Webster]

2.Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money. [1913 Webster]

3.Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen. [1913 Webster]

Choice word measured phrase.— Wordsworth.

Syn: Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare; chary; careful/ [1913 Webster]

Choice \Choice\ (chois), n. [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr. choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. [root]46. Cf. Choose.]

1.Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election. [1913 Webster]

2.The power or opportunity of choosing; option. [1913 Webster]

Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it.— Hooker.[1913 Webster]

3.Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination. [1913 Webster]

I imagine they [the apothegms of C[ae]sar] were collected with judgment and choice.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

4.A sufficient number to choose among. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5.The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection. [1913 Webster]

The common wealth is sick of their own choice.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

6.The best part; that which is preferable. [1913 Webster]

The flower and choice Of many provinces from bound to bound.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.

Syn: Syn. - See Volition, Option. [1913 Webster]