CANDIDATE Antonyms

• disqualified by law or rule or provision

• barred from competition for violation of rules

• not eligible

• prohibited by official rules

• someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office

• a contestant that you are matched against

• someone who offers opposition

• characterized by active hostility

• someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group

• a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

• not accept something given or offered

• not accept as true

• deem wrong or inappropriate

• reject with contempt

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• dismiss from consideration or a contest

• as a rival in a competition

• the contestant you hope to defeat

• be equal to in quality or ability

• be the rival of, be in competition with

• not limited or restricted

• not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training

• legally not qualified or sufficient

• having no right or entitlement