Usually means: Choosing some, excluding others deliberately.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 32 dictionaries that define the word selective:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. selective: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. selective: Merriam-Webster
  3. selective: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. selective: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. selective: Collins English Dictionary
  6. selective: Vocabulary.com
  7. Selective, selective: Wordnik
  8. selective: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. selective: Wiktionary
  10. selective: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. selective: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. selective: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. selective: Dictionary.com
  14. selective: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Selective: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Selective: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. selective: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. selective: Rhymezone
  19. Selective: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. selective: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. selective: FreeDictionary.org
  22. selective: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. selective: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Selective: Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
  2. selective: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. selective: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. selective: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. selective: Medical dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Selective: Sports Definitions

(Note: See selectively as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of or relating to the process of selection.
adjective:  (biology) Of or relating to natural selection.
adjective:  (of a person) Choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
adjective:  (chiefly US, not comparable) Having the authority or capability to make a selection.
adjective:  Of or relating to the social work approach called selectivity.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    teal,     charcoal,     burgundy,     olive,     mauve, more...




Words similar to selective

Usage examples for selective

Idioms related to selective

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular nouns described by selective

Words that often appear near selective

Rhymes of selective

Invented words related to selective

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    teal,     charcoal,     burgundy,     olive,     mauve, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Threepeat

Find common ground

Play Now

Compound Your Joy

Find connection

Play Now

Pandergram

Foster inclusion

Play Now