select (v.)
- analyze
- appoint
- assign
- best
- better
- champion
- choose
- contradistinguish
- cream
- cull
- demarcate
- demark
- denominate
- denote
- designate
- determine
- differentiate
- discriminate
- distinguish
- divide
- elect
- excerpt
- extract
- fat
- figure
- fine
- finger
- fix
- flower
- glean
- indicate
- mark
- mention
- name
- narrow
- nominate
- ordain
- ordinate
- pick
- prefer
- prime
- prize
- queen
- screen
- segregate
- separate
- set
- sever
- severalize
- sieve
- sift
- signify
- sort
- specialize
- specify
- state
- stigmatize
- stipulate
- subdivide
- subtilize
- superior
- symbolize
- tab
- take
- top
- typify
- winnow
select (adj.)
- accepted
- adopted
- appointed
- approved
- best
- better
- champion
- choice
- chosen
- clannish
- cliquish
- closed
- dainty
- delicate
- designate
- discriminate
- discriminating
- elect
- elected
- elegant
- elite
- ethnocentric
- excellent
- exceptional
- exclusive
- exquisite
- fat
- favored
- favorite
- figure
- fine
- first-class
- first-rate
- greatest
- inadmissible
- insular
- limited
- mark
- matchless
- named
- narrow
- nominated
- nonpareil
- optimal
- optimum
- ordinate
- paramount
- parochial
- passed
- peerless
- pick
- preclusive
- preferable
- preferred
- prescriptive
- preventive
- prime
- privileged
- prize
- prohibitive
- quintessential
- rare
- ratified
- recherche
- restricted
- restrictive
- screen
- selected
- selective
- separate
- separative
- set
- snobbish
- snobby
- special
- state
- superior
- superlative
- supreme
- surpassing
- top
- unmatchable
- unmatched
- unparalleled
- unsurpassed
- xenophobic