Candidate
Runner
Runner noun - A person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally.
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Synonyms for Runner
Nearby Word: running
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- delegate and candidate
- delegate and runner
- possibility and candidate
- possibility and runner
- petitioner and candidate
- petitioner and runner
- applicant and candidate
- applicant and runner
- competitor and candidate
- competitor and runner
- aspirant and candidate
- aspirant and runner
- claimant and candidate
- claimant and runner
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- His main concern at that point is to actually come in second place so he can claim that he was a 'runner-up candidate'.
Source: Landslide Election -
After six and a half seasons of Will They Or Won't They, Josh and Donna kiss when she wakes him up to deliver the news that their candidate has finally caught up to the front-runner in the national polls.
Source: Accidental Kiss -
Initially pretty much no one cared, but the elevation of dark horse candidate Jeremy Corbyn from an outsider to front runner to actual winner galvanised supporters and the public throughout the contest, with him being seen by many as the only alternative to a "Tory-lite" leader.
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