candidate

Other forms of candidate

plural

candidates·

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 candidate

What does candidate mean?

candidate means "a politician who is running for public office". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in candidate?

candidate has 3 syllables: can-di-date. The stress falls on "can". In IPA it is /ˈkændədeɪt/.

What is another word for candidate?

Close synonyms include campaigner, nominee, prospect. 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 candidate a common word?

candidate is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.