single out

Questions about single out

What does single out mean?

single out means "select from a group". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for single out?

Close synonyms include discriminate, separate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is single out a common word?

single out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.