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/ˈkæn.dɪdət/ · noun
A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege..
Smith announced he was the party's candidate for the next election.
All candidates who miss the deadline or make a spelling mistake in their applications are automatically rejected.
Artiles, a Republican operative with a reputation for a foul mouth and sharp elbows, is accused of financing a sham candidate whose candidacy was intended to siphon votes from a legitimate Democratic candidate in a state Senate race in South Florida’s 37th District. The candidate has the same last name as then-Democratic incumbent Jose Javier Rodriguez but did not actively campaign for the seat and has since admitted being recruited as a spoiler.
Candidates must remain silent for the entirety of the exam.
After being presented with various suitors, she decided none of the candidates were the kind of man she was looking for.
In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.
a Ph.D. candidate
The matter of candidating for a pulpit is not a matter of difference between congregations and Rabbis, but between Rabbis themselves.
Use candidate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Candidate means A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege..
Common synonyms include prospect, nominee, campaigner.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Smith announced he was the party's candidate for the next election.
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