Strange to say, no one voted for the candidate.
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Candidate
//ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt//
Synonyms for "candidate" (63 found)
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Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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Translations
183 translations across 74 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- kandidat noun (person running in an election)
- kandidate noun (person running in an election)
Arabic
2 entries- مُرَشَّح noun (person running in an election)
- مُرَشَّحَة noun (person running in an election)
Armenian
4 entries- դիմող noun (person who is applying for a job)
- թեկնածու noun (person running in an election)
- թեկնածու noun (person who is applying for a job)
- կանդիդատ noun (person running in an election)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- namizəd noun (person running in an election)
Basque
1 entries- kandidatu noun (person running in an election)
Belarusian
2 entries- кандыда́т noun (person running in an election)
- кандыда́тка noun (person running in an election)
Bengali
4 entries- খাস্তগীর noun (person running in an election)
- খাস্তগীর noun (person who is applying for a job)
- খাস্তগীর noun (participant in an examination)
- চাকরিপ্রার্থী noun (person who is applying for a job)
Bulgarian
4 entries- кандида́т noun (person running in an election)
- кандида́тка noun (person running in an election)
- кандидат noun (person who is applying for a job)
- кандидат noun (participant in an examination)
Catalan
4 entries- candidat noun (person running in an election)
- candidat noun (participant in an examination)
- candidata noun (person running in an election)
- candidata noun (participant in an examination)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏙᎩᏯᏍᎩ noun (person running in an election)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 候補 /候补 noun (person running in an election)
- 候選人 /候选人 noun (person running in an election)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 候補 /候补 noun (person running in an election)
- 候選人 /候选人 noun (person running in an election)
Czech
2 entries- kandidát noun (person running in an election)
- kandidátka noun (person running in an election)
Danish
1 entries- kandidat noun (person running in an election)
Dutch
4 entries- examenkandidaat noun (participant in an examination)
- kandidaat noun (person running in an election)
- kandidaat noun (person who is applying for a job)
- kandidate noun (person running in an election)
Esperanto
2 entries- kandidatino noun (person running in an election)
- kandidato noun (person running in an election)
Estonian
1 entries- kandidaat noun (person running in an election)
Faroese
1 entries- valevni noun (person running in an election)
Finnish
3 entries- ehdokas noun (person running in an election)
- hakija noun (person who is applying for a job)
- kandidaatti noun (person running in an election)
French
4 entries- candidat noun (person running in an election)
- candidat noun (person who is applying for a job)
- candidate noun (person running in an election)
- candidater verb (to stand as a candidate for an office)
Georgian
1 entries- კანდიდატი noun (person running in an election)
German
4 entries- Kandidat noun (person running in an election)
- Kandidat noun (person who is applying for a job)
- Kandidatin noun (person running in an election)
- Kandidatin noun (person who is applying for a job)
Greek
2 entries- υποψήφια noun (person running in an election)
- υποψήφιος noun (person running in an election)
Gujarati
1 entries- ઉમેદવાર noun (person running in an election)
Hebrew
2 entries- מועמד \ מָעֳמָד noun (person running in an election)
- מועמדת noun (person running in an election)
Hindi
4 entries- अभ्यर्थी noun (person who is applying for a job)
- अभ्यर्थी noun (participant in an examination)
- उम्मीदवार noun (person running in an election)
- प्रत्याशी noun (person running in an election)
Hungarian
4 entries- induló noun (person running in an election)
- jelölt noun (person who is applying for a job)
- jelölt noun (participant in an examination)
- érettségiző noun (participant in an examination)
Icelandic
3 entries- frambjóðandi noun (person running in an election)
- kandídat noun (person who is applying for a job)
- umsækjandi noun (person who is applying for a job)
Indonesian
3 entries- calon noun (person running in an election)
- kandidat noun (person running in an election)
- pelamar kerja noun (person who is applying for a job)
Interlingua
1 entries- candidato noun (person running in an election)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- نامْزَد noun (person running in an election)
- کانْدیدا noun (person running in an election)
Irish
3 entries- iarrthóir noun (person running in an election)
- iarrthóir noun (person who is applying for a job)
- iarrthóir noun (participant in an examination)
Italian
4 entries- candidata noun (person running in an election)
- candidata noun (participant in an examination)
- candidato noun (person running in an election)
- candidato noun (participant in an examination)
Japanese
3 entries- 候補 noun (person running in an election)
- 候補者 noun (person running in an election)
- 受験生 noun (participant in an examination)
Kazakh
2 entries- үміткер noun (person running in an election)
- үмітшіл noun (person running in an election)
Khmer
1 entries- បេក្ខជន noun (person running in an election)
Korean
3 entries- 수험생 noun (participant in an examination)
- 후보 noun (person running in an election)
- 후보자 noun (person running in an election)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- кандидат noun (person running in an election)
- талапкер noun (person running in an election)
Lao
1 entries- ຜູ້ສະໝັກ noun (person running in an election)
Latin
1 entries- candidatus noun (person running in an election)
Latvian
2 entries- kandidāte noun (person running in an election)
- kandidāts noun (person running in an election)
Lithuanian
2 entries- kandidatas noun (person running in an election)
- kandidatė noun (person running in an election)
Macedonian
4 entries- кандида́т noun (person running in an election)
- кандида́т noun (participant in an examination)
- кандида́тка noun (person running in an election)
- кандида́тка noun (participant in an examination)
Malay
1 entries- calon noun (person running in an election)
Malayalam
3 entries- ഉദ്യോഗാർത്ഥി noun (person who is applying for a job)
- പരീക്ഷാർത്ഥി noun (participant in an examination)
- സ്ഥാനാർത്ഥി noun (person running in an election)
Mongolian
2 entries- дэвшигч noun (person running in an election)
- ᠳᠡᠪᠰᠢᠭᠴᠢ noun (person running in an election)
Māori
1 entries- kaiwhakauru noun (person running in an election)
Norman
2 entries- candidat noun (person running in an election)
- candidate noun (person running in an election)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- berbijar noun (person running in an election)
- berendam noun (person running in an election)
- kandîdat noun (person running in an election)
- namzet noun (person running in an election)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kandidat noun (person running in an election)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kandidat noun (person running in an election)
Pashto
1 entries- نامزد noun (person running in an election)
Polish
4 entries- kandydat noun (person running in an election)
- kandydat noun (person who is applying for a job)
- kandydatka noun (person running in an election)
- kandydatka noun (person who is applying for a job)
Portuguese
4 entries- candidata noun (person running in an election)
- candidata noun (participant in an examination)
- candidato noun (person running in an election)
- candidato noun (participant in an examination)
Romanian
4 entries- candidat noun (person running in an election)
- candidat noun (participant in an examination)
- candidată noun (person running in an election)
- candidată noun (participant in an examination)
Russian
2 entries- кандида́т noun (person running in an election)
- кандида́тка noun (person running in an election)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- tagraiche noun (person running in an election)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kandìdatkinja noun (person running in an election)
- kandìdāt noun (person running in an election)
- кандѝда̄т noun (person running in an election)
- кандѝдаткиња noun (person running in an election)
Slovak
2 entries- kandidát noun (person running in an election)
- kandidátka noun (person running in an election)
Slovene
3 entries- kandidat noun (person running in an election)
- kandidatinja noun (person running in an election)
- kandidatka noun (person running in an election)
Spanish
4 entries- candidata noun (person running in an election)
- candidata noun (participant in an examination)
- candidato noun (person running in an election)
- candidato noun (participant in an examination)
Swedish
1 entries- kandidat noun (person running in an election)
Tagalog
1 entries- halangad noun (person running in an election)
Tajik
2 entries- кандидат noun (person running in an election)
- номзад noun (person running in an election)
Thai
1 entries- ผู้สมัคร noun (person running in an election)
Turkish
2 entries- aday noun (person running in an election)
- namzet noun (person running in an election)
Turkmen
2 entries- dalaşgär noun (person running in an election)
- kandidat noun (person running in an election)
Ukrainian
2 entries- кандида́т noun (person running in an election)
- кандида́тка noun (person running in an election)
Urdu
3 entries- اُمِّید وار noun (person running in an election)
- اُمِّیدْوار noun (person running in an election)
- نامْزَد noun (person running in an election)
Uyghur
2 entries- كاندىدات noun (person running in an election)
- نامزات noun (person running in an election)
Uzbek
2 entries- kandidat noun (person running in an election)
- nomzod noun (person running in an election)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ứng cử viên noun (person running in an election)
Volapük
1 entries- steifädan noun (person running in an election)
Welsh
2 entries- ymgeisydd noun (person running in an election)
- ymgeisydd noun (person who is applying for a job)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
We voted for the candidate.
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Our party finally had a candidate we could put forward with pride.
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The candidate was disappointed at the outcome of the election.
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