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
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I've given them to understand that I'll be a candidate if they'll have me.
It's denied, you know, that he intends to come forward as a candidate in Morbihan.
You know that I'm a candidate for the hanging committee this year.'
I just hint at my bein' a candidate and folks say, 'Yes, indeed.
If he did, Nate figgered he was as healthy a candidate for adoption as anybody.
With you as our candidate we can beat that Canby creature to death.
Whether he'll do or not I don't know, but he's about the only candidate in sight, these war times.
The election address of one candidate is the shortest I have ever seen.
She would be disappointed, for after all Weedon Moore was her candidate.
The picture shows us Albert as a candidate for confirmation.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR CANDIDATE
applicant
nounperson trying for positionapplicants
nounperson trying for positionappointment
nounjob, position of responsibilityappointments
nounjob, position of responsibilityaspirant
nounperson with wish, dreamaspirants
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