| NOUN | person | campaigner, candidate, nominee | a politician who is running for public office |
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| Sounds | kaempey'ner | |
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| Rhymes | Afrikaner ... yawner: 180 rhymes with ner... | |
| Meaning | A politician who is running for public office. | |
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| Synonyms | candidate, nominee | |
| Narrower | dark horse | A political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly |
| favorite son | A United States politician favored / favored mainly in his or her home state | |
| running mate | A nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices | |
| spoiler | A candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning | |
| stalking-horse | A candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate | |
| write-in candidate, write-in | A candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters | |
| Broader | politician, politico, pol, political leader | A person active in party politics |
| Spanish | candidata, candidato, nominada, nominado | |
| Catalan | candidata, candidat | |
| Verbs | campaign | run, stand, or compete for an office or a position |
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