'Candidate' definitions:
Definition of 'candidate'
From: WordNet
noun
A politician who is running for public office [syn: campaigner, candidate, nominee]
noun
Someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) [syn: candidate, prospect]
Definition of 'Candidate'
From: GCIDE
- Candidate \Can"di*date\, n. [L. Candidatus, n. (because candidates for office in Rome were clothed in a white toga.) fr. candidatus clothed in white, fr. candiduslittering, white: cf. F. candidat.] 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'candidate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addict,
- agent,
- also-ran,
- applicant,
- appointee,
- aspirant,
- aspirer,
- assignee,
- baby kisser,
- bidder,
- campaigner,
- claimant,
- collector,
- coveter,
- dark horse,
- defeated candidate,
- deputy,
- desirer,
- devotee,
- dud,
- entrant,
- fancier,
- favorite son,
- freak,
- hankerer,
- has-been,
- hopeful,
- lame duck,
- licensee,
- lover,
- nominee,
- office seeker,
- petitioner,
- political hopeful,
- possibility,
- postulant,
- presidential timber,
- prospect,
- runner,
- running mate,
- seeker,
- selectee,
- solicitant,
- solicitor,
- stalking-horse,
- stumper,
- suitor,
- suppliant,
- supplicant,
- votary,
- wanter,
- whistle-stopper,
- wisher,
- yearner