Synonyms for nominee
ˌnɒm əˈninom·i·nee

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1. campaigner, candidate, nomineenoun

   a politician who is running for public office

   Synonyms:
   campaigner, prospect, candidate

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1. List of paraphrases for "nominee":

   candidate, candidates, appointee, front-runner, finalist, applicant

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1. New Hampshire:

   He’s not going to be the nominee. That’s just not going to happen.

2. United States:

   I don't know how I am going to vote yet, but I wasn't happy, i spend a lot of time preparing for these hearings I am trying to understand how the nominees think. When nominees filibuster me and disrespect the United States Senate and the Judiciary, that causes me to wonder if they will do that to a United States senator, how they are going to treat a litigant ? And, I am not happy with the nominee.

3. Sean Savett:

   The Senate held swift confirmation votes for the DHS Secretary nominee in 2009 and 2017 in order for them to start on day one for good reason, senator Hawley's threat to disrupt historical practice and try to leave this vital position vacant is dangerous, especially in this time of overlapping crises when there is not a moment to waste.

4. Adam Jentleson:

   The Republican Senate refuses to hold hearings on [ Supreme Court nominee ] Judge [ Merrick ] Garland, refuses to fund the President’s request for Zika aid and takes the most days off of any The Republican Senate since 1956, but thinks Facebook hearings are a matter of urgent national interest.

5. Steven Taylor:

   We’ve not seen a lot of quality Democratic candidates for Senate because Sen. [Richard] Shelby and Sen. Sessions, they were so strongly ensconced in their positions that the Democratic nominee was most often a more fringe candidate and not taken very seriously, jones doesn’t fall in that category – he has a background as a prosecutor, he has linkage to Civil Rights prosecution for the bombers in Birmingham. This makes him a more serious and significant candidate.