handpicked

The word “handpicked” has 2 syllables: hand-picked

It's pronounced as /ˈhændˌpɪkt/


What is synonym and antonym for handpicked?

In the thesaurus, “handpicked” has 91 synonyms and 28 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for handpicked along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for handpicked

  • able
  • accepted
  • ace
  • adept
  • adopted
  • appointed
  • approved
  • best
  • blue-chip
  • boss
  • capital
  • cherry-picked
  • choice
  • chose
  • chosen
  • cool
  • crackerjack
  • cream
  • culled
  • decided upon
  • delicate
  • deluxe
  • designated
  • discriminating
  • eclectic
  • elect
  • elected
  • elegant
  • elite
  • embraced
  • endorsed
  • espoused
  • excellent
  • exclusive
  • expert
  • exquisite
  • fancied
  • fashionable
  • favored
  • favorite
  • first-class
  • first-line
  • first-rate
  • fixed
  • liked
  • limited
  • marked
  • named
  • nominated
  • number one
  • of choice
  • pick
  • picked
  • picked over
  • popular
  • posh
  • preferred
  • preselected
  • prime
  • privileged
  • pro
  • proficient
  • rare
  • sanctioned
  • screened
  • select
  • selected
  • selective
  • set
  • set apart
  • settled upon
  • singled out
  • skilled
  • skillful
  • special
  • super
  • superior
  • tabbed
  • tagged
  • taken
  • talented
  • tapped
  • took
  • top
  • topnotch
  • tops
  • weeded
  • well-liked
  • winner
  • winnowed
  • world-class

Antonyms for handpicked

  • average
  • common
  • commonplace
  • declined
  • disapproved
  • discarded
  • ill-favored
  • inept
  • inferior
  • jettisoned
  • least
  • negatived
  • open
  • ordinary
  • poor
  • refused
  • rejected
  • repudiated
  • run-of-the-mill
  • second-rate
  • spurned
  • threw away
  • threw out
  • turned down
  • undesirable
  • unpopular
  • unskilled
  • worst

Example Sentences

  • The committee handpicked the finalists for the award from hundreds of applicants.
  • The CEO handpicked his successor after years of careful consideration.
  • The flowers in the bouquet were handpicked from a local garden.
  • The board of directors handpicked the keynote speaker for the annual conference.
  • The ingredients in this gourmet meal were handpicked by the chef himself.

On this page you'll find 119 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to handpicked, such as: able, accepted, ace, adept, adopted, appointed, approved.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

named

  • accepted
  • adjudged
  • adjudicated
  • adopted
  • advertised
  • announced
  • anointed
  • appellated
  • appointed
  • approved
  • arbitrated
  • arranged
  • assigned
  • attached
  • authorized
  • baptised
  • baptized
  • branded
  • broached
  • broadcast
  • broadcasted
  • brought up
  • called
  • certified
  • cherry-picked
  • chewed over
  • chose
  • chosen
  • christened
  • cited
  • clarified
  • cleped
  • code-named
  • cogitated
  • commissioned
  • concluded
  • consecrated
  • considered
  • constituted
  • contemplated
  • coordinated
  • created
  • crowned
  • culled
  • debated
  • decided
  • decided upon
  • declared
  • decreed
  • delegated
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  • denominated
  • denoted
  • deputed
  • deputized
  • designated
  • destined
  • detailed
  • determined
  • drafted
  • dropped
  • dubbed
  • elected
  • elucidated
  • embraced
  • entertained
  • enthroned
  • entitled
  • entrusted
  • espoused
  • established
  • explained
  • explicated
  • favored
  • figured
  • fixed
  • found
  • handpicked
  • implied
  • inaugurated
  • indicated
  • inducted
  • inferred
  • infiltrated
  • insinuated
  • installed
  • instanced
  • instated
  • instituted
  • intended
  • interjected
  • interpolated
  • interposed
  • intimated
  • introduced
  • invested
  • judged
  • known
  • labeled
  • labelled
  • made
  • marked
  • meditated
  • mentioned
  • miscalled
  • misnamed
  • mistitled
  • nicknamed
  • nominated
  • noted
  • noticed
  • opted
  • orchestrated
  • ordained
  • pegged
  • picked
  • placed
  • pondered
  • preferred
  • preselected
  • proclaimed
  • pronounced
  • publicized
  • published
  • questioned
  • quoted
  • rechristened
  • refereed
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  • relabelled
  • renamed
  • resolved
  • ruled
  • ruminated
  • sanctioned
  • selected
  • set
  • settled
  • settled on
  • signaled
  • signalled
  • signified
  • sounded
  • specified
  • spelled out
  • stigmatized
  • studied
  • styled
  • suggested
  • supported
  • surnamed
  • tabbed
  • tagged
  • tapped
  • termed
  • throned
  • titled
  • took
  • umpired
  • vested
  • weighed
  • wormed

tagged

taken

  • abided
  • abode
  • absorbed
  • accepted
  • accommodated
  • accounted
  • accredited
  • acquiesced
  • acquired
  • acted
  • addressed
  • admitted
  • adopted
  • affected
  • allowed
  • annihilated
  • appointed
  • appropriated
  • arrested
  • asked
  • assassinated
  • assumed
  • bade
  • beat
  • beaten
  • begged
  • behaved
  • believed
  • bested
  • bettered
  • bid
  • bidden
  • bided
  • blotted out
  • blown away
  • blown out
  • bombed
  • born
  • borne
  • bought
  • broken
  • brooked
  • brought off
  • bumped off
  • buried
  • butchered
  • called for
  • capitulated
  • capped
  • carried
  • carried off
  • carried out
  • caught
  • challenged
  • cherry-picked
  • chosen
  • claimed
  • clasped
  • clenched
  • clobbered
  • clutched
  • come to grips with
  • commanded
  • concluded
  • confirmed
  • conquered
  • contained
  • contracted
  • controlled
  • copped
  • countenanced
  • creamed
  • credited
  • croaked
  • crushed
  • culled
  • cut down
  • decimated
  • deduced
  • defeated
  • demanded
  • designated
  • destroyed
  • directed
  • dispatched
  • done away with
  • done down
  • done for
  • done in
  • drubbed
  • eclipsed
  • elected
  • embraced
  • enclosed
  • encompassed
  • endured
  • enfolded
  • engineered
  • enjoined
  • entailed
  • entered
  • entertained
  • espoused
  • euthanatized
  • euthanized
  • exacted
  • exceeded
  • excelled
  • executed
  • failed
  • felled
  • fellowshiped
  • fellowshipped
  • fielded
  • financed
  • finessed
  • finished
  • fit
  • fitted
  • fixed
  • flattened
  • flourished
  • gained
  • garnered
  • gone
  • got
  • got around
  • got off
  • got the better of
  • gotten
  • gotten around
  • gotten off
  • grasped
  • gripped
  • guided
  • hacked
  • had
  • had a grip on
  • handled
  • handpicked
  • harbored
  • held
  • hired
  • housed
  • hung on to
  • iced
  • inclosed
  • inferred
  • influenced
  • insisted
  • involved
  • jockeyed
  • killed
  • killed off
  • knocked for a loop
  • knocked off
  • knocked over
  • lacked
  • laid hold of
  • languished
  • licked
  • lived with
  • made away with
  • managed
  • maneuvered
  • manipulated
  • marked
  • martyred
  • massacred
  • mastered
  • met
  • micromanaged
  • mowed
  • murdered
  • nabbed
  • named
  • necessitated
  • needed
  • negotiated
  • neutralized
  • nominated
  • nosed out
  • obtained
  • occupied
  • offed
  • offered
  • okayed
  • operated
  • outdistanced
  • outdone
  • outfought
  • outshined
  • outshone
  • outstripped
  • overborn
  • overborne
  • overcome
  • overmatched
  • overpowered
  • overthrown
  • overtopped
  • overwhelmed
  • panned out
  • performed
  • permitted
  • picked
  • picked up
  • pipped
  • played
  • pocketed
  • preferred
  • preselected
  • pressed
  • presumed
  • procured
  • pulled
  • purchased
  • put away
  • put down
  • quested
  • ratified
  • reacted
  • rebought
  • received
  • redounded
  • regulated
  • repurchased
  • required
  • reserved
  • respected
  • responded
  • resulted
  • routed
  • rubbed out
  • run
  • sanctioned
  • scored
  • scragged
  • seated
  • secured
  • seized
  • selected
  • set
  • set store by
  • set store on
  • shellacked
  • shouldered
  • skinned
  • skunked
  • slain
  • slaughtered
  • smitten
  • smoked
  • smote
  • snatched
  • snowed under
  • snuffed
  • steered
  • stipulated
  • stomached
  • stood
  • stood for
  • stopped
  • stuck out
  • subdued
  • subjugated
  • succeeded
  • suffered
  • suicided
  • sunk
  • supported
  • supposed
  • surmounted
  • surpassed
  • sustained
  • swallowed
  • swayed
  • sweat out
  • sweated out
  • swept
  • swung
  • tabbed
  • tagged
  • taken effect
  • taken hold
  • taken out
  • tapped
  • terminated
  • thrashed
  • tolerated
  • topped
  • toughed it out
  • transcended
  • treated
  • trimmed
  • trounced
  • trusted
  • unavailable
  • understood
  • unseated
  • upended
  • upset
  • vanquished
  • walloped
  • wanted
  • warranted
  • wasted
  • waxed
  • weakened
  • welcomed
  • whacked
  • whipped
  • wilted
  • withered
  • won
  • worked
  • worn
  • worsened
  • worsted
  • wrought

fancied

of choice

  • cherry-picked
  • choice
  • chosen
  • culled
  • elect
  • exclusive
  • favored
  • favorite
  • first-line
  • handpicked
  • picked
  • picked over
  • preferred
  • screened
  • select
  • selected

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