Candidate
Candidate noun - One who seeks an office, honor, position, or award.
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Synonyms for Candidate
Player and candidate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Player" instead a noun "Candidate".
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How words are described
| fellow | fellow candidate | fellow player |
| female | female candidate | female player |
| best | best candidate | best player |
| better | better candidate | better player |
| Other adjectives: certain, original, top, single, popular, real, big, great, bad, black, excellent, main, winning, new, major, former, opposing, next, last, losing. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Dhaos is a very good candidate for Anti-Villain, but this isn't obvious to Cress' party or the player due to ever only seeing him when he's in the middle of Jumping Off the Slippery Slope.
Source: Video Game / Tales of Phantasia -
Unlucky Childhood Friend: Should the player decide to have Aden or Sonja become betrothed to any other possible marriageable candidate.
Source: Video Game / Rune Factory Oceans -
Then after they lost their starting quarterback, who was a Heisman candidate and 2 time conference player of the year, they became a 40/1 odds of winning the title.
Source: Dark Horse Victory
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