APPLICANT Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

applicant

noun

ˈa-pli-kənt

Definition of applicant

as in candidate

one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award have numerous applicants for the job

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Recent Examples of applicant About 60,000 applicants passed an initial CV screen and moved on to online tests designed to measure how quickly candidates solve unfamiliar problems and learn new skills. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 The department has increasingly relied on emergency medical technicians rather than paramedics amid a shrinking pool of qualified applicants and difficulties competing on salaries. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 In April, Americans for Financial Reform’s Education Fund released a study stating that the bank’s mortgage rejection rates for minorities in Charlotte and North Carolina far outpaced those of white applicants. — Chase Jordan october 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026 Maslow went so far as to impersonate agents and applicants on the phone, according to prosecutors. — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for applicant

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After all, states like Georgia and Arizona were also once solidly red until break-out candidates—backed by party spending—upended those assumptions.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
But most of the likely Democratic candidates simply don’t agree that a genocide happened in Gaza, and reject the question’s premise.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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