Selective

What do we mean by selective?

Of or characterized by selection; discriminating. adjective

Empowered or tending to select. adjective

Able to reject frequencies other than the one selected or tuned. adjective

Of, pertaining to, or characterized by selection or choice; selecting; using that which is selected or choice.

Selecting; tending to select. adjective

Of or pertaining to the process of selection. adjective

Choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting. adjective

Having the authority or capability to make a selection. adjective

Characterized by very careful or fastidious selection adjective

Tending to select; characterized by careful choice adjective

Of or relating to the process of selection.

Of or relating to natural selection.

(of a person) choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.

Having the authority or capability to make a selection.

Adjective. To be classy; of quality. Applies to people and objects alike. Widely used. Urban Dictionary

1. Women of the finest and most choice quality in terms of beauty and booty. See example a 2. Someone's chosen significant other who was picked over others for personal reasons. See example b 3. A woman who a man would never in this lifetime lay his hands on. See example c Urban Dictionary

Another way to say “cool” Urban Dictionary

Picking up cases and putting them on a pallet, destroying your body in the process Urban Dictionary

A gay test that serves no purpose but for Asian parents to flex that their child is "Special" and to bully kids who didn't get in Urban Dictionary

The general attractiveness of the female population at a location, particularly a gym. Urban Dictionary

Song, track Urban Dictionary

Only replying to a selected few people, mainly on snapchat Urban Dictionary

A wizard from the popular mmorpg Rangnarok Online. Newb Urban Dictionary

A "rare" anxiety disorder that typically starts in childhood. It's main trait is being mute in public. But this trait can extend to nonverbal communication as well. Basically social anxiety on drugs. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to selective:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word selective:
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Words that rhyme with selective:
perspective, objective, effective, prospective, subjective, respective, invective, collective, directive, retrospective, detective, affective, irrespective, introspective, reflective, defective, elective, ineffective, protective, corrective, connective, overprotective, infective, projective, convective, police detective, store detective, anti-infective, hotel detective, house detective, linear perspective, private detective, highly infective, affect of, aftereffect of, albrecht of, architect of, aspect of, brecht of, circumspect of, collect of, correct of, detect of, dialect of, direct of, disconnect of, disrespect of, effect of, elect of, erect of, expect of, hecht of, incorrect of, indirect of, insect of, intellect of, interconnect of, intersect of, neglect of, perfect of, prefect of, protect of, recked of, recollect of, reflect of, reject of, respect of, retrospect of, rupprecht of, sect of, select of, spect of, subject of, suspect of, transect of, trifecta of.

Adjectives that are often used to describe selective:
very, ion, non, frequency, most, shape, more, size, inventive, direction, wavelength, site, state, mass, tissue, potassium, secondary, sequence, health, lon, fluoride, least, isotope, primary, tumor, calcium, replication, receptor.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective selective:
attention, inhibitors, breeding, advantage, process, action, use, pressure, media, absorption, pressures, inhibitor, medium, inhibition, perception, effect, basis, bibliography, electrodes, effects, loss, removal, review, list, approach, forces, deficiency, service, factors, control, reduction, angiography, exposure, processes, antagonist, agents, arteriography, antagonists, agonists, toxicity, schools, vagotomy, incentives, controls, agent, destruction, memory, electrode, activation, impairment, permeability, agonist, migration, retention, adsorption, factor, colleges, distribution, oxidation, logging, excitation, channels, growth, elimination, catheterization, cutting, policies, inattention, vulnerability, adaptation, application, response, reading, binding, expression, sampling, extraction, enforcement, stimulation, injection, increase, properties, dissemination, uptake, decontamination, blockade.

Consonant match to selective:
select of.

Words that sound like selective:
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