Contender
Contender noun - One who seeks an office, honor, position, or award.
Postulant and contender are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Postulant" instead a noun "Contender".
Nearby Words: contended, contending
Postulant
Postulant noun - One submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order.
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Synonyms for Postulant
Contender and postulant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contender" instead a noun "Postulant".
Nearby Words: postulate, postulating
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- suitor and contender
- suitor and postulant
- possibility and contender
- possibility and postulant
- hopeful and contender
- hopeful and postulant
- petitioner and contender
- petitioner and postulant
- applicant and contender
- applicant and postulant
- competitor and contender
- competitor and postulant
- aspirant and contender
- aspirant and postulant
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