Candidate
Candidate noun - One who seeks an office, honor, position, or award.
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Synonyms for Candidate
Opponents and candidate are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Opponents" with "Candidate", this nouns are similar.
Opponents
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- match and candidate
- match and opponents
- rival and candidate
- rival and opponents
- competitor and candidate
- competitor and opponents
- aspirant and candidate
- aspirant and opponents
- contestant and candidate
- contestant and opponents
- adversary and candidate
- adversary and opponents
- opponent and candidate
- opponent and opponents
Both words in one sentence
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The picture from the second camera - showing the candidate looking confused, dazzled and dopey - is then used by his opponents in their attack ads.
Source: Blinding Camera Flash -
Early in the 2006note the presidential elections are two years off in the show's universe primaries, Democratic candidate Santos rejects a last-ditch effort to make a splash by calling his opponents "chicken" and does an improvised live ad himself.
Source: Attack of the Political Ad -
In the Canadian film Trojan Horse the presidential candidate hero/villain hires an assassin to shoot him non-fatally during a speech, implying his opponents are using serious dirty tactics as well as giving himself the opportunity to fake a near-death religious experience.
Source: Wounded Gazelle Gambit
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