candidate

About 17.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. 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.

2. noun A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. noun A participant in an examination.

   Candidates must remain silent for the entirety of the exam.

4. noun Someone or something likely or suited to undergo or be chosen for a purpose.

   After being presented with various suitors, she decided none of the candidates were the kind of man she was looking for.

5. noun A student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation.

   a Ph.D. candidate

6. noun The recipient of certain academic degrees, now mainly awarded in Scandinavia.
7. noun A gene which may play a role in a given disease.
8. verb To stand as a candidate for an office, typically for a religious one.

Similar words

nominee campaigner prospect candidacy candidature election membership appointment appointee trainee

Often followed by

for in to of is who and was or

Word family

candidates