CANDIDATE Synonyms
There are 16 hypernyms of the word candidate. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CANDIDATE
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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 | ||||||||
