candidacy

Other forms of candidacy

plural

candidacies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about candidacy

What does candidacy mean?

candidacy means "the campaign of a candidate to be elected".

How many syllables are in candidacy?

candidacy has 4 syllables: can-di-da-cy. The stress falls on "can". In IPA it is /ˈkændɪdəsi/.

What is another word for candidacy?

Close synonyms include campaigning, candidature, electioneering, political campaign. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is candidacy a common word?

candidacy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.