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synonyms for candidate

  • applicant
  • aspirant
  • bidder
  • competitor
  • contender
  • contestant
  • nominee
  • successor
  • claimant
  • entrant
  • hopeful
  • petitioner
  • possibility
  • pothunter
  • runner
  • seeker
  • stumper
  • suitor
  • write-in
  • dark horse
  • favorite son
  • handshaker
  • job-hunter
  • office seeker
  • possible choice
  • solicitant
  • whistle-stopper
See also synonyms for: candidacy / candidates
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How to use candidate in a sentence

The Democrats have also tried to steer that discontent in their direction — especially Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a long-time registered Independent, who was for a time a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.
DOES ANYONE REALLY KNOW WHAT SOCIALISM IS? (EP. 408 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERSEPTEMBER 17, 2020FREAKONOMICS
The announcement that Fraser would indeed attain the long-elusive corner office of a big Wall Street bank was widely celebrated—and kicked off widespread speculation about the most likely next candidates to follow her lead.
‘IT HAS TO HAVE AN IMPACT’: WHAT CITI’S NEW CEO MEANS FOR OTHER WOMEN ON WALL STREETMARIA ASPANSEPTEMBER 16, 2020FORTUNE
Even that proposal was one that Biden, as a candidate who doesn’t hold elective office, obviously had no power to actually implement.
TRUMP’S INCOHERENT DEFENSE OF HIS CORONAVIRUS RESPONSEAARON BLAKESEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Biden holds a similar 22-point advantage on which candidate is more honest and trustworthy, 56 percent to 34 percent.
POST-ABC POLL AND OTHERS SUGGEST MINNESOTA HAS SHIFTED SINCE 2016, BUT BY HOW MUCH?SCOTT CLEMENT, DAN BALZSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Sinopharm has tested both of these vaccines in the UAE, but it is unclear if the UAE granted emergency approval to one or both candidates.
CHINA’S CONTROVERSIAL EMERGENCY-USE PROGRAM FOR COVID VACCINES IS GOING GLOBALGRADY MCGREGORSEPTEMBER 16, 2020FORTUNE
Still, Republicans will field candidates for every major office on the ballot this year.
THE TRAILER: THE FIRST STATE GOES LASTDAVID WEIGELSEPTEMBER 15, 2020WASHINGTON POST
With major pharmaceutical companies spending billions of dollars to create an effective vaccine, several candidates will eventually be approved by the FDA, each with its own scientific approach and level of effectiveness.
6 QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE ANSWERED IN THE RACE FOR A VACCINEJAKEMETHSEPTEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNE
Coker questions whether Lorson has particular candidates in mind, or if McCoy recommended someone to fill his position.
OCEANSIDE IS RETHINKING ITS POLICE CHIEF HIRING PROCESS FOLLOWING COMMUNITY CONCERNSKAYLA JIMENEZSEPTEMBER 14, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
The Colonel left, and in a few days the election coming off, each candidate made his appearance at the critical German polls.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUS
In admitting a member, if no form of election has been prescribed, each candidate must be elected separately.
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WORDS RELATED TO CANDIDATE

  • appellant
  • aspirant
  • candidate
  • claimant
  • hopeful
  • inquirer
  • petitioner
  • postulant
  • seeker
  • suitor
  • suppliant
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.