What is another word for candidate?
Synonyms for candidate
ˈkæn dɪˌdeɪt, -dɪtcan·di·date
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Princeton's WordNet
campaigner, candidate, nomineenoun
a politician who is running for public office
Synonyms:
campaigner, nominee, prospectcandidate, prospectnoun
someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
Synonyms:
vista, panorama, aspect, chance, prognosis, expectation, outlook, campaigner, medical prognosis, scene, prospect, nominee, view
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
candidatenoun
Synonyms:
aspirant, solicitant
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
candidatenoun
Synonyms:
aspirant, nominee, postulant, office-seeker, contestant (for an office)
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "candidate":
candidates, applicant, nominee, contestant, applicants, nominees, candidature, front-runner, candidacy, candidat, acceding, nomination, accession, contender
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#79 | view | |
#1885 | chance | |
#2712 | scene | |
#3485 | candidate | |
#3672 | candidates | |
#3753 | outlook | |
#3788 | applicant | |
#4489 | aspect | |
#4813 | vista | |
#5275 | applicants | |
#7939 | prospect | |
#9154 | nomination | |
#10512 | accession | |
#11592 | petitioner | |
#11615 | expectation | |
#12494 | panorama | |
#13277 | nominee | |
#13353 | claimant | |
#14499 | nominees | |
#14763 | solicitor | |
#19019 | prognosis | |
#25149 | contender | |
#26673 | candidacy | |
#30648 | contestant | |
#54942 | campaigner | |
#63938 | candidature | |
#77322 | acceding | |
#80169 | aspirant | |
#133669 | candidat | |
#285004 | canvasser |
How to use candidate in a sentence?
They were like, ‘This is the Manchurian Candidate, like [Putin] has a Russian agent as the President of the United States,’ so they passed on some information to me and they said, like, ‘Look, you have more of a social media following than any of us do, can you please post some of these things just in a way that sort of put it out there.’.
He seems weaker than in the past. One debate doesn't kill a candidate, but if there is a second one like that he is in trouble.
Everybody saw him as by far and away the best candidate we could field. So, Republican National Committee was an all-in proposition to try to get him to reconsider.
I recognize President Ouattara's victory, we ran a good campaign, but the best candidate won.
I’m not surprised, I was with the president on Monday and he shared with me personally how frustrated he was with him, i told him that I am the clear America first candidate in this race.
Translations for candidate
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- مرشح, مُرَشَّحArabic
- кандидатка, кандидатBulgarian
- candidatCatalan, Valencian
- kandidátCzech
- kandidatDanish
- Kandidat, KandidatinGerman
- υποψήφιοςGreek
- kandidatoEsperanto
- candidatoSpanish
- kandidatuBasque
- نامزد, کاندیداPersian
- ehdokas, kandidaattiFinnish
- valevniFaroese
- candidat, candidateFrench
- tagraicheScottish Gaelic
- מועמדת, מועמדHebrew
- induló, jelöltHungarian
- թեկնածուArmenian
- candidatoInterlingua
- calon, kandidatIndonesian
- candidatoItalian
- 候補者Japanese
- 수험생, 후보자Korean
- namzet, berendam, berbijar, kandîdatKurdish
- candidatusLatin
- кандидатMacedonian
- calonMalay
- kandidate, kandidaatDutch
- kandidatNorwegian
- kandydatPolish
- candidatoPortuguese
- кандидатка, кандидатRussian
- kandidatSwedish
- adayTurkish
- امیدوارUrdu
- ứng cử viênVietnamese
- steifädanVolapük
- 候选人Chinese
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