OPTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of choosing or selecting
   Synonym(s)
   • choice (what does choice mean?)
   • pick (what does pick mean?)
   • selection (what does selection mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • your choice of colors was unfortunate
   • you can take your pick
   Hypernyms(s) option is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • action (what does action mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • casting (what does casting mean?)
   • coloration (what does coloration mean?)
   • colouration (what does colouration mean?)
   • sampling (what does sampling mean?)
   • decision (what does decision mean?)
   • determination (what does determination mean?)
   • conclusion (what does conclusion mean?)
   • volition (what does volition mean?)
   • willing (what does willing mean?)
   • election (what does election mean?)
   • vote (what does vote mean?)
   • ballot (what does ballot mean?)
   • voting (what does voting mean?)
   • balloting (what does balloting mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pick (what does pick mean?)
   • choose (what does choose mean?)
   • prefer (what does prefer mean?)
   • opt (what does opt mean?)
   • choose (what does choose mean?)
   • take (what does take mean?)
   • select (what does select mean?)
   • pick out (what does pick out mean?)
2. Meaning
   • one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
   Synonym(s)
   • alternative (what does alternative mean?)
   • choice (what does choice mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • what option did I have?
   • there no other alternative
   • my only choice is to refuse
   Hypernyms(s) option is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decision making (what does decision making mean?)
   • deciding (what does deciding mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • obverse (what does obverse mean?)
   • preference (what does preference mean?)
   • druthers (what does druthers mean?)
   • default option (what does default option mean?)
   • default (what does default mean?)
   • possibility (what does possibility mean?)
   • possible action (what does possible action mean?)
   • opening (what does opening mean?)
   • impossibility (what does impossibility mean?)
   • impossible action (what does impossible action mean?)
   • Hobson’s choice (what does Hobson’s choice mean?)
   • soft option (what does soft option mean?)
3. Meaning
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) option is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • derivative instrument (what does derivative instrument mean?)
   • derivative (what does derivative mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • naked option (what does naked option mean?)
   • covered option (what does covered option mean?)
   • call option (what does call option mean?)
   • call (what does call mean?)
   • put option (what does put option mean?)
   • put (what does put mean?)
   • straddle (what does straddle mean?)
   • incentive option (what does incentive option mean?)
   • incentive stock option (what does incentive stock option mean?)
   • stock option (what does stock option mean?)
   • lock-up option (what does lock-up option mean?)