Candidate and Match

Candidate

Candidate noun - One who seeks an office, honor, position, or award.

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Match and candidate are semantically related In some cases you can use "Match" instead a noun "Candidate".

Nearby Words: candidacy, candidature, candida

Match noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.

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Candidate and match are semantically related in prospective husband topic. Sometimes you can use "Candidate" instead a noun "Match".

Nearby Words: matched, matching, matcher

good	good candidate	good match
best	best candidate	best match
better	better candidate	better match
perfect	perfect candidate	perfect match
Other adjectives: current, suitable, single, poor, real, big, great, bad, dark, main, major, political, final, official, next, last, closest.

Lindsay's appearance and mannerisms match up closely with Lucille's when she becomes the new Republican candidate for Congress.

Source: Series / Arrested Development
Ezra finds himself being funneled through the slave system, & becoming a sacrificial candidate in The Survivalist Trial- an underground death match, broadcast on the holonet.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Star Wars Rebels
When no match could be found, the girl's mother tells the staff there is one possible remaining donor candidate- the girl's father, who had fathered the girl by raping her mother.

Source: Series / Strong Medicine

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