option
option is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.
- noun. The exercise of the power of choice; choice.
- noun. A wishing; a wish.
- noun. A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by Parliament in 1845.
- noun. A stipulated privilege, given to a party in a time contract, of demanding its fulfillment on any day within a specified limit.
- noun. the act of choosing or selecting
"your choice of colors was unfortunate"
"you can take your pick"
- noun. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
"what option did I have?"
"there no other alternative"
- noun. the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
Synonyms
choice, pick, selection, alternative
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in option:
Common word forms
options, optional, optioned, optioning
Words from these letters
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