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candidate

noun

1 candidate

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, ... show more

Roget 737b: politics; political science; candidacy, campaign, campaigning, electioneering; partisanship, ideology, factionalism.    election, poll, ballot, vote, referendum, ... show more

Roget 767: petitioner, solicitor, applicant; suppliant, supplicant; suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder; place hunter, pot hunter; ... show more

Dutch: veteraan, benoemde, kandidate, kandidaat

2 candidate

Someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.).

synonym: prospect.

Dutch: kandidaat
Polish: aspirant, kandydat, pretendent


Moby thesaurus: addict, agent, also-ran, applicant, appointee, aspirant, aspirer, assignee, baby kisser, bidder, campaigner, claimant, collector, coveter, dark horse, defeated candidate, deputy, desirer, devotee, dud ... show more.

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