CANDIDATE Synonyms
There are 16 hypernyms of the word candidate. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for CANDIDATE
| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| nominee | nounn | |||||
noun • a politician who is running for public office | ||||||
| applicant | nounn | |||||
noun • a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | ||||||
| aspirant | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • an ambitious and aspiring young person adjective satellite • desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | ||||||
| competitor | nounn | |||||
noun • the contestant you hope to defeat | ||||||
| contender | nounn | |||||
noun • the contestant you hope to defeat | ||||||
| contestant | nounn | |||||
noun • a person who participates in competitions • a person who dissents from some established policy | ||||||
| hopeful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • having or manifesting hope noun • an ambitious and aspiring young person adjective satellite • likely to turn out well in the future | ||||||
| possibility | nounn | |||||
noun • a future prospect or potential • capability of existing or happening or being true • a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena • a possible alternative | ||||||
| suitor | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a man who courts a woman | ||||||
| campaigner | nounn | |||||
noun • a politician who is running for public office | ||||||
| prospect | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • the possibility of future success • belief about (or mental picture of) the future • someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) • the visual percept of a region • a prediction of the course of a disease verb • search for something desirable • explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals | ||||||