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There are 9 synonyms of the word selective. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word selective. (close relations)

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choosy

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• difficult to please

critical

adjective

adj

adjective

• marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

• at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction

• characterized by careful evaluation and judgment

• being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency

• of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

adjective satellite

• urgently needed; absolutely necessary

• forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

discerning

adjective

adj

adjective

• having or revealing keen insight and good judgment

adjective satellite

• unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic

• quick to understand

• able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive

discriminating

adjective

adj

adjective

• showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste

adjective satellite

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

exclusive

adjective

adj

adjective

• excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority

noun

• a news report that is reported first by one news organization

adjective satellite

• not divided or shared with others

• not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective

optional

adjective

adj

adjective

• possible but not necessary; left to personal choice

particular

adjective

adj

noun

• a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

• a small part that can be considered separately from the whole

• (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

adjective satellite

• unique or specific to a person or thing or category

• separate and distinct from others of the same group or category

• surpassing what is common or usual or expected

• first and most important

• exacting especially about details

• providing specific details or circumstances

picky

adjective

adj

adjective satellite

• exacting especially about details

specific

adjective

adj

adjective

• (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique

• relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species

• being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides

noun

• a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

• a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease

adjective satellite

• stated explicitly or in detail

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