CANDIDATES Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word candidates. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| applicants | nounn | |||||
noun • a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | ||||||
| aspirants | nounn | |||||
noun • an ambitious and aspiring young person adjective satellite • desiring or striving for recognition or advancement | ||||||
| campaigners | nounn | |||||
noun • a politician who is running for public office | ||||||
| competitors | nounn | |||||
noun • the contestant you hope to defeat | ||||||
| contenders | nounn | |||||
noun • the contestant you hope to defeat | ||||||
| contestants | nounn | |||||
noun • a person who participates in competitions • a person who dissents from some established policy | ||||||
| entrants | nounn | |||||
noun • a commodity that enters competition with established merchandise • any new participant in some activity • someone who enters • one who enters a competition | ||||||
| hopefuls | nounn | |||||
adjective • having or manifesting hope noun • an ambitious and aspiring young person adjective satellite • likely to turn out well in the future | ||||||
| nominees | nounn | |||||
noun • a politician who is running for public office | ||||||
| runners | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who imports or exports without paying duties • someone who travels on foot by running • a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents • a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) • a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips • a trained athlete who competes in foot races • (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play • a long narrow carpet • device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along • fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil | ||||||
| seekers | nounn | |||||
noun • someone making a search or inquiry • a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves) | ||||||
| suitors | nounn | |||||
noun • a man who courts a woman | ||||||
| campaigner | nounn | |||||
noun • a politician who is running for public office | ||||||
| nominee | 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 | ||||||
