candidate
Meaning of candidate
- 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 candidate
- It is a name.
- The plural form of candidate is: candidates.
- Languages in which candidate is used:
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Hyphenation of candidate
can-di-date
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- candidate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
candidate synonyms
Meaning campaigner:
Meaning prospect:
Meaning a person who makes a formal application for something, especially a job:
Meaning a person or group competing with others to achieve something:
Meaning a person who takes part in a contest or competition:
Meaning a person who has ambitions to achieve something:
Meaning a thing that may happen or be the case:
Meaning a potential candidate for a job or team:
Meaning a person who is interviewed:
Meaning a candidate, especially one seeking admission into a religious order:
Meaning a man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman, with a view to marriage:
Meaning a person who claims or aspires to a title or position:
Meaning a person that runs, especially in a specified way:
Translation of candidate
- French: candidat
- German: Kandidat
- Spanish: candidato, candidata
- Portuguese: candidato
- Italian: candidato
Words that rhyme with candidate
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