Synonyms for candidate
ˈkæn dɪˌdeɪt, -dɪtcan·di·date

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1. candidate

   Synonyms:
   aspirant, petitioner, canvasser, applicant, claimant, solicitor

   Antonyms:
   waiver, decliner, abandoner, resigner, abjurer, noncompetitor

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1. campaigner, candidate, nomineenoun

   a politician who is running for public office

   Synonyms:
   campaigner, nominee, prospect

2. candidate, 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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1. • Person
   • Politician

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1. candidatenoun

   Synonyms:
   aspirant, solicitant

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1. candidatenoun

   Synonyms:
   aspirant, nominee, postulant, office-seeker, contestant (for an office)

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1. List of paraphrases for "candidate":

   candidates, applicant, nominee, contestant, applicants, nominees, candidature, front-runner, candidacy, candidat, acceding, nomination, accession, contender

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How to use candidate in a sentence?

1. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders:

   I am proud to tell you that we have received almost 3 million individual contributions, more than any other candidate in history.

2. Guillaume Soro:

   This warrant is not based on the law, but has simply been issued to stop a candidate from trying to win office.

3. Tim Dixon:

   And maybe that's the blueprint for a future candidate, it's to speak to the values that the country shares and to say we're more than just a demographic category. We're more than just a political partisan.

4. Shaban Bantariza:

   Someone is only allowed to hold a mass rally and distribute campaign materials only when they have been duly nominated as a candidate.

5. Charles Krauthammer:

   This is a woman, this is a candidate who is going to be the nominee. We all know it, for all of the Bernie momentum stuff. That’s a sideshow. But you have to go through 15, 16 months of a ritual of actually campaigning, there is no campaign. There is not going to be a debate. There isn’t a challenge. So she is stuck for these 15 or so months pretending to be a candidate and what you get are pretend events.