candidate

Definition

Examples

She is considered the most qualified candidate for the senior project manager vacancy.

Word Family

Synonyms

• applicanta person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
• nomineea politician who is running for public office

Collocations

• Easy job interview applicant candidate
  to job interview applicant candidate, meaning to profit privately from public office and official business
• Medium shortlist qualified employment candidates
  to shortlist qualified employment candidates, meaning to put someone or something on a short list
• Hard leading candidate for chief executive
  to leading candidate for chief executive, meaning to take somebody somewhere
• Very Hard dark horse candidate emerges victorious
  describing dark horse candidate emerges victorious (absence of light or illumination)