candidate
candidate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- applicant
- aspirant
- bagman
- bedlamite
- beggar
- bid
- bidder
- bribe
- bum
- cadger
- candidature
- canvasser
- case
- child
- claimant
- client
- come
- competitor
- core
- crank
- crazy
- dipsomaniac
- disengaged
- dreamer
- energumen
- enthusiast
- errant
- fanatic
- feet
- flower
- for
- forward
- gift
- give
- hard
- hawk
- highflier
- hire
- hobo
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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