Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "candidate" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

elected elected person person

Capable Of

demand recount force issue succeed to office win election

Derived Terms

Klandidate Manchurian candidate candidacy candidate key candidateship candidature captive candidate darkhorse candidate excandidate multicandidate noncandidate nuisance candidate paper candidate precandidate private candidate release candidate

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

actor doer pol political leader politician politico worker

Type Of (IsA)

person television episode

Related Terms

candela candelabrum candid candle candlepower candlestick chandler chandlery

Related Terms

apply candela candelabrum candid candle candlepower candlestick chandler chandlery clinton danger democrat disease election election person elections examination for election for office gene hopeful human interview interview seeker job mate office participant person person running position president presidential presidential hopeful presidential runner presidential seeker role run runner running running for running mate running president seeker slate suitable synonym voting

Synonym Network

campaigner

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.