English > candidate: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A politician who is running for public office. |
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| Synonyms | campaigner, nominee |
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| Narrower | dark horse | A political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | candidata, candidato, nominada, nominado |
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| Catalan | candidata, candidat |
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