candidates

Meaning of candidates

plural noun
  1. a person who applies for a job or is nominated for election.
    candidates applying for this position should be computer-literate
    the Green Party candidate

early 17th century: from Latin candidatus ‘white-robed’, also denoting a candidate for office (who traditionally wore a white toga), from candidus ‘white’.

Information about candidates

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of candidates is: candidate.
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Hyphenation of candidates

can-di-dates

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • candidates is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

candidates synonyms

Meaning a person who makes a formal application for something, especially a job:

applicant

Meaning a person or group competing with others to achieve something:

contender

Meaning a person who takes part in a contest or competition:

contestant

Meaning a person who is nominated as a candidate for election or for an honour or award:

nominee

Meaning a person who has ambitions to achieve something:

aspirant

Meaning a thing that may happen or be the case:

possibility

Meaning a potential candidate for a job or team:

possible

Meaning a person who is interviewed:

interviewee

Meaning a candidate, especially one seeking admission into a religious order:

postulant

Meaning a man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman, with a view to marriage:

suitor

Meaning a person who claims or aspires to a title or position:

pretender

Meaning a person that runs, especially in a specified way:

runner

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