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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1. Jack Keane:

   I don’t comment publicly on any candidate, their proposals, their policies. I have never done. I wo n’t do it, rEALLY EXCELLENT.

2. Gavin Newsom:

   We turn out our base, we're going to win, unquestionably, it's not a persuasion campaign. People are locked in. But the profound consequences -- particularly the leading candidate on the other side, Larry Elder -- people just need to take a close look.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   I feel you have got to keep working all day on Election Day and remind people how important it is to vote and don't let anybody get complacent because sometimes the public reporting of polls, somebody might say, 'My candidate is so far ahead I don't need to come out,'.

4. Andrew Bates:

   President Donald Trump ran as a disruptor, as the change candidate. But President Donald Trump performance in office has been an absolute train wreck -- now nearly 90,000 Americans have lost their lives and over 30 million have lost their jobs, that makes Trump Biden the change candidate. Trump Biden represents change because the whole country recognizes the urgent need to restore competence to the Oval Office.

5. Kellyanne Conway:

   He can change his mind about Donald Trump. This is a free country. George owes no allegiance to a political party or a presidential candidate. But his vows to me, I feel, were broken because we were all in.