Synonyms of opts

opts

verb

present tense third-person singular of opt

as in chooses

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration

after that near catastrophe, they opted to reinstate the telephone service

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chooses
• decides
• figures
• resolves
• finds
• determines
• concludes
• settles (on or upon)
• prefers
• elects
• selects
• picks
• rules
• names
• decrees
• contemplates
• adjudges
• ponders
• adjudicates
• deliberates
• rules (on)
• handpicks
• culls
• weighs
• considers
• thinks (about or over)
• debates
• judges
• meditates
• entertains
• arbitrates
• singles (out)
• ruminates
• studies
• mulls (over)
• cogitates
• referees
• umpires
• chews over
• questions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuses
• rejects
• declines
• abstains
• turns down
• hesitates
• halts
• delays
• stalls
• vacillates
• wavers
• temporizes
• waffles
• shilly-shallies

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of opts

If Tehran opts not to retaliate, though, Iran will look weak and appear to be retreating from Israel. —Dan De Luce, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024

This would be the most likely outcome if Congress opts to suspend the federal gas tax. —Erich Muehlegger, The Conversation, 23 June 2022