picked
1 of 2adjective (1)
pick·ed ˈpi-kəd 
chiefly dialectal
: pointed, peaked
picked
2 of 2adjective (2)
ˈpikt
: choice, prime
Synonyms
Adjective (2)
- cherry-picked
- choice
- chosen
- elect
- favored
- favorite
- first-line
- handpicked
- preferred
- select
- selected
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Word History
Etymology
Adjective (1)
Middle English, from pick entry 3
Adjective (2)
pick entry 1
First Known Use
Adjective (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Adjective (2)
circa 1548, in the meaning defined above
picked 1 of 2
adjective
as in selected
singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking a picked group of people for the project Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- selected
- select
- preferred
- chosen
- favorite
- favored
- handpicked
- choice
- elect
- of choice
- cherry-picked
- culled
- first-line
- screened
- picked over
- fashionable
- exclusive
- winnowed (out)
- weeded (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- average
- common
- commonplace
- ordinary
- run-of-the-mill
picked
2 of 2verb
1
as in harvested
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner Synonyms & Similar Words
- harvested
- gathered
- grew
- reaped
- gleaned
- fished
- garnered
- cut
- captured
- mowed
- bagged
- hunted
- foraged
- accumulated
- sealed
- clammed
- netted
- cropped
- shrimped
- whaled
- trapped
- raised
- snared
- hayed
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- planted
- seeded
- sowed
2
as in chose
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities I pick you as my partner Synonyms & Similar Words
- selected
- chose
- named
- took
- preferred
- elected
- culled
- handpicked
- designated
- tagged
- cherry-picked
- nominated
- tapped
- adopted
- accepted
- appointed
- preselected
- marked
- opted (for)
- embraced
- set
- tabbed
- singled (out)
- fixed
- espoused
- settled (on or upon)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- rejected
- refused
- declined
- spurned
- discarded
- repudiated
- disapproved
- jettisoned
- turned down
- threw out
- threw away
- negatived
3
as in provoked
to bring (something volatile or intense) into being he seems to be trying to pick a fight Synonyms & Similar Words
- provoked
- promoted
- encouraged
- raised
- triggered
- incited
- instigated
- brewed
- cultivated
- stimulated
- fomented
- inspired
- fermented
- forwarded
- set in motion
- fostered
- nurtured
- abetted
- stimulated
- sowed
- motivated
- set
- detonated
- whipped (up)
- excited
- set off
- roused
- stirred (up)
- furthered
- nourished
- activated
- fired
- galvanized
- advanced
- enlivened
- energized
- inflamed
- invigorated
- quickened
- enflamed
- vitalized
- livened (up)
- pepped (up)
- jazzed (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- checked
- held
- discouraged
- inhibited
- restrained
- tamed
- regulated
- constrained
- settled
- reined (in)
- curbed
- bridled
- calmed
- quieted
- soothed
- subdued
- stilled
- allayed
- tranquilized
- tranquillized
4
as in nibbled
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 & Similar Words
- nibbled
- pecked
- snacked
- tasted
- grazed
- noshed
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- gorged
- swilled
- overate
- pigged out
- gormandized
5
as in stabbed
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 & Similar Words
- stabbed
- jabbed
- punctured
- stuck
- pierced
- pecked
- spitted
- sliced
- poked
- speared
- skewered
- spiked
- impaled
- punched
- transpierced
- transfixed
- pinked
- harpooned
- lanced
- ran through
- gored
- cut
- riddled
- pricked
- pinpricked
- perforated
- piked
- knifed
- spindled
- gimleted
- thrust
- dirked
- bayoneted
- poniarded
- bayonetted
- pronged
- quilled
Phrases Containing picked
- Archaeopterygiformes
- archaeopteryx
- archaeopteryxes
- archaeornes
- archaeornis
- archaeornises
- archaeornisses
- Archaeornithes
- archaeornitheses
- archaeornithesses
- archaeozoic
- archaeozoics
- archaeozoologists
- archaeus
- archai
- archaic
- archaic smile
- archaically
- archaiccer
- archaiccest
- archaicer
- archaicest
- archaicism
- archaicisms
- archaicness