Candidate
Candidate noun - One who seeks an office, honor, position, or award.
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Synonyms for Candidate
Member and candidate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Member" instead a noun "Candidate".
Member
Member noun - One of the parts that make up a whole.
Candidate and member are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Candidate" instead a noun "Member".
Nearby Word: membership
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How words are described
| fellow | fellow candidate | fellow member |
| good | good candidate | good member |
| female | female candidate | female member |
| best | best candidate | best member |
| Other adjectives: certain, current, original, single, popular, real, male, black, potential, main, new, major, leading, former, final, official, remaining, next, last, unofficial, strongest. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Carlos Pizarro, former guerrilla member and Colombian presidential candidate, was murdered on a plane in April 1990.
Source: Death in the Clouds -
When Ash Wolf (another member of the group) is brought up as a candidate, the suggestion is immediately shot down because Ash fits this trope.
Source: The Perfectionist - Yugato also wonders if Iroh would be a good candidate for the Order of the White Lotus, of which he is already a member.
Source: Dramatic Irony
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