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. The Supreme Court on Monday:

   A candidate's loan to his campaign is an expenditure that may be used for expressive acts.

2. Glenn Beck:

   Today Donald Trump tweeted a threat to the owner of the Chicago Cubs, when we have a candidate that threatens people... This is not American. This is not equal justice. This is not who were are.

3. Ted Cruz:

   We're spending a lot of time in small rural counties where men and women from Iowa can look you in the eye, can take the measure of the candidate. Are you telling the truth or are you blowing smoke? Who are you? That's the way campaigning should work in Iowa.

4. Colin Kaepernick:

   You have Hillary who has called black teens or black kids 'super predators,' you have Donald Trump who’s openly racist, we have a presidential candidate who has deleted emails and done things illegally and is a presidential candidate. That doesn't make sense to me because if that was any other person you’d be in prison. So, what is this country really standing for?

5. Bernie Sanders:

   It is very easy for a candidate to speak to people who hold the same views, it's harder but important to reach out to others who look at the world differently.