applicant

Definition

Examples

The human resources team interviewed over thirty qualified applicants for the position.

Word Family

Synonyms

• candidatea politician who is running for public office
• seekersomeone making a search or inquiry

Collocations

• Easy job applicant
  to job applicant, meaning to profit privately from public office and official business
• Medium interview qualified applicants
  to interview qualified applicants, meaning to conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
• Hard screen applicant credentials thoroughly
  to screen applicant credentials thoroughly, meaning to test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
• Very Hard whittle down applicants to shortlisted few
  to whittle down applicants to shortlisted few, meaning to cut small bits or pare shavings from