Definition for Candidate:

• One who offers himself, or is proposed by others, to fill some office.

Synonyms for Candidate:

• n.

  •
  • object,
  • bits and pieces,
  • whole,
  • piece,
  • article,
  • entity,
  • item,
  • organism,
  • stuff,
  • thing.
  •
  • Ker,
  • the competition,
  • field.
  •
  • bid,
  • application form,
  • appraise,
  • affirmative action,
  • biodata,
  • appraisal,
  • application,
  • apply.
  •
  • crib.
  •
  • slate,
  • straight ticket.
  •appointment (noun)
  • officeholder,
  • officeholders,
  • station,
  • situations.
  •aspirant (noun)
  • political contestant,
  • solicitor,
  • place-hunter,
  • dark horse,
  • possible choice,
  • job-hunter,
  • favorite son,
  • stumper.
  •campaigner (noun)
  • campaigner.
  •candidate (noun)
  • nominee,
  • prospect.
  •claimant (noun)
  • claimant.
  •contestant (noun)
  • team members.
  •entrant (noun)
  • new members,
  • probationer,
  • Incomer,
  • probationers,
  • incomers,
  • new member,
  • novices.
  •entry (noun)
  • sub mission,
  • sub-missions,
  • sub missions,
  • sub-mission.
  •person (noun)
  • candidate.
  •person desiring political office, job (noun)
  • possibility,
  • Solicitant,
  • runner,
  • handshaker,
  • office-seeker,
  • pothunter,
  • whistle-stopper,
  • hopeful,
  • write-in,
  • suitor,
  • successor,
  • bidder,
  • applicant.
  •petitioner (noun)
  • communicant.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • loser,
  • contender,
  • favorite,
  • favourite,
  • nomination,
  • runner-up,
  • all-comers,
  • shoo-in,
  • olympian,
  • native son,
  • write-in candidate,
  • rubric,
  • opposition,
  • crib note,
  • testing,
  • examiner,
  • multiple-choice,
  • underdog,
  • cheat sheet,
  • front-runner,
  • pushover,
  • proctor,
  • hot favorite,
  • teammate,
  • candidacy,
  • candidature,
  • running mate.
  •
  • mock,
  • ticket,
  • starter,
  • protagonist,
  • certificate,
  • competition,
  • exam,
  • outsider,
  • qualifier,
  • rival.
  •
  • fellow,
  • write in,
  • borderline.
  •
  • examination,
  • script.
  •
  • paper.
  •
  • through.
  •
  • test.
  •
  • set.
  •aspirant
  • office.

Paraphrases for Candidate:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    candidates.
  • Proper noun, singular
    nominee, nominees.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    nominee.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    Persons.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    person.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    recipients, Entries, chairs, responsibilities, women, Roles.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Capita, appointment.
  • Verb, past tense
    Stood, Ran, Did.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    seeking, Applying.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    applicants, Acceding, aspirant, prospective, presidential, would-be, aspiring, hopeful.
  • Proper noun, plural
    applicants.
  • Proper noun, singular
    applicants, contestant, contestants, candidature, candidatures, accession, candidacy.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    contender, Acceding, front-runner, aspirant, appointee, contestant, candidature, challenger, accession, hopeful, candidacy, intern.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Acceding.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    contestant.

Antonyms for Candidate:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    honoree, inductee, officeholder, incumbent, dropout, noncandidate.

Candidate Sentence Examples:

• There never was a time, therefore, when they could have been united upon any one candidate in opposition to the one that had at his back the powerful support of the Administration.

• I'm a candidate for new honors.

Hyponym for Candidate:

• n.

  • person
    mortal, somebody, soul, person, individual, someone.