SELECTEE Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

selectee

noun

sə-ˌlek-ˈtē

as in recruit

a person forced or required to enroll in military service had the dubious distinction of being the last selectee to serve in the Vietnam War

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as in nominee

one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty NASA's roster of selectees for its astronaut training program

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Recent Examples of selectee Under former coach Billy Napier, the Gators’ NFL output dwindled, best illustrated by the Gators having a single pick in 2024 and no selectees in the first three rounds last year. —

Noah White, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026 The selectees were narrowed down from a field of 8,000 applicants. —

Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 23 Aug. 2025 Ars Technica's space reporters ranked the five selectees for the European Launcher Challenge in order from most likely to least likely to reach orbit. —

ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025 Next Step Critics’ Week selectee Agirretxe makes her debut with a socially engaged drama centered on factory workers in San Sebastián, 1978, during a strike. —

Annika Pham, Variety, 19 May 2025 The church, erected in 1921, is among the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2024 selectees. —

Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024 Diversity Immigrant Applications On Hold In regard to the Biden Appeals, Morrison argues that while thousands of Diversity Visas selectees have a legal path to immigrate to the United States, the Biden administration is using the appellate process to extinguish their immigration journeys. —

Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023

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In a Vanity Fair interview, Kiffin tried explaining why LSU is easier to recruit to than Ole Miss, essentially saying some Black recruits and their families didn’t want to play in Oxford because of the school’s racial history.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
As the top driver at his regional French shipping company, Étienne always delivers on schedule and serves as a role model for new recruits, including the unruly if endearing Jordan (Armindo Alves de Sa), who’s only starting to learn the ropes.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026