| Main Entry: | nominee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | candidate |
Synonyms: |
applicant, appointee, aspirant, contender, contestant, entrant, hopeful*, office-seeker, runner, seeker |
| Main Entry: | appointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, position of responsibility |
Synonyms: |
appointee, assignment, berth, candidate, delegate, employment, nominee, office, officeholder, place, post, representative, situation, station, work |
| Main Entry: | candidate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person desiring political office, job |
Synonyms: |
applicant, aspirant, bidder, claimant, competitor, contender, contestant, dark horse, entrant, favorite son, handshaker, hopeful*, job-hunter, nominee, office-seeker, petitioner, possibility, possible choice, pothunter, runner, seeker, solicitant, stumper, successor, suitor, whistle-stopper, write-in |
| Main Entry: | delegate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | representative, often governmental |
Synonyms: |
agent, alternate, ambassador, appointee, catchpole, commissioner, consul, deputy, emissary, envoy, factor, front*, legate, member, member of congress, minister, mouthpiece, nominee, people's choice, pinch hitter, plenipotentiary, proxy, regent, rep, replacement, senator, spokesperson, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, vicar, viceroy |
| Notes: | as a noun, delegate is a person appointed or elected to represent others - as a verb delegate means to transfer power or authority to someone; relegate means to refer to another person for decision or judgment or assign to a lower position or reduce in rank a delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people, often at a conference during an assembly's regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group |
| Main Entry: | field |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | persons taking part in competition |
Synonyms: |
applicants, candidates, competition, competitors, contestants, entrants, entries, nominees, participants, possibilities, runners |