A politician who is running for public office.
synonyms: campaigner, nominee.
Roget 865:
desire,
wish,
fancy,
fantasy;
want,
need,
exigency.
mind,
inclination,
leaning,
bent,
animus,
partiality,
penchant,
predilection;
propensity
etc.
820;
willingness
etc.
602;
liking,
love,
fondness,
relish.
longing,
hankering,
inkling;
solicitude,
anxiety;
yearning,
coveting;
aspiration,
ambition,
vaulting ambition;
eagerness,
zeal,
ardor,
empressement [Fr.],
breathless impatience,
overanxiety;
impetuosity,
etc.
825.
appetite,
appetition†,
appetence†,
appetency†;
sharp appetite,
keenness,
hunger,
stomach,
twist;
thirst,
thirstiness;
drouth,
mouthwatering;
itch,
itching;
prurience,
cacoethes [Lat.],
cupidity,
lust,
concupiscence.
edge of appetite,
edge of hunger;
torment of Tantalus;
sweet tooth,
lickerish tooth†;
itching palm;
longing eye,
wistful eye,
sheep's eye.
[excessive desire for money]
greed
etc.
817.1.
voracity
etc.
(gluttony)
957.
passion,
rage,
furore†,
mania,
manie†;
inextinguishable desire;
dipsomania,
kleptomania.
[Person who desires]
lover,
amateur,
votary,
devotee,
aspirant,
solicitant,
candidate,
applicant,
supplicant;
cormorant
etc.
957.
[Object of desire]
desideratum;
want
etc.
(requirement)
630;
a consummation devoutly to be wished;"
attraction,
magnet,
allurement,
fancy,
temptation,
seduction,
fascination,
prestige,
height of one's ambition,
idol;
whim,
whimsy,
whimsey†;
maggot;
hobby,
hobby-horse.
Fortunatus's cap;
wishing cap,
wishing stone,
wishing well.
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Roget 737b:
politics;
political science;
candidacy,
campaign,
campaigning,
electioneering;
partisanship,
ideology,
factionalism.
election,
poll,
ballot,
vote,
referendum,
recall,
initiative,
voice,
suffrage,
plumper,
cumulative vote,
plebiscitum [Lat.],
plebiscite,
vox populi;
electioneering;
voting
etc.
v.;
elective franchise;
straight ticket [U.S.];
opinion poll,
popularity poll.
issue;
opinion,
stand,
position;
program,
platform;
party line.
[ideologies]
democracy,
republicanism;
communism,
statism,
state socialism;
socialism;
conservatism,
toryism;
liberalism,
whigism;
theocracy;
constitutional monarchy.
[political parties]
party
etc.
712;
[U.S: Political parties list],
Democratic Party,
Republican Party,
Socialist Party;
Communist Party;
[U.S. defunct parties: list],
Federalist Party,
Bull Moose Party,
Abolitionist Party;
[Germany: list],
Christian Democratic Party,
Social Democratic Party;
National Socialist Worker's Party;
[Germany, 1930-1945],
Nazi Party;
[Great Britain:list],
Liberal Party,
Labor Party,
Conservative Party.
ticket,
slate.
[person active in politics]
politician
activist;
[specific politicians: list],
candidate,
aspirant,
hopeful,
office-seeker,
front-runner,
dark horse,
long shot,
shoo-in;
supporter,
backer,
political worker,
campaign worker;
lobbyist,
contributor;
party hack,
ward heeler;
regional candidate,
favorite son;
running mate,
stalking horse;
perpetual candidate,
political animal.
political contribution,
campaign contribution;
political action committee,
PAC.
political district,
electoral division,
electoral district,
bailiwick.
electorate,
constituents.
get-out-the-vote campaign,
political education.
negative campaigning,
dirty politics,
smear campaign.
[unsuccessful candidate]
also-ran,
loser;
has-been.
[successful candidate]
office holder,
official,
occupant of a position;
public servant,
incumbent;
winner.
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Roget 767:
petitioner,
solicitor,
applicant;
suppliant,
supplicant;
suitor,
candidate,
claimant,
postulant,
aspirant,
competitor,
bidder;
place hunter,
pot hunter;
prizer†;
seeker.
beggar,
mendicant,
moocher,
panhandler,
freeloader,
sponger,
mumper†,
sturdy beggar,
cadger;
hotel runner,
runner,
steerer [U.S.],
tout,
touter†.
[poor person]
pauper,
homeless person,
hobo,
bum,
tramp,
bindle stiff,
bo,
knight of the road
(poverty)
804;
hippie,
flower child;
hard core unemployed;
welfare client,
welfare case.
canvasser,
bagman
etc.
758;
salesman.
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Dutch: veteraan, benoemde, kandidate, kandidaat
Someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.).
synonym: prospect.
Dutch: kandidaat
Polish: aspirant, kandydat, pretendent