Candidate

Noun

 * 1) A person who is running in an election or who is applying to a position for a job.
 * 2) A participant in an examination.

Adjectives for Candidate
potential; gubernatorial; legitimate; senatorial; aspiring; glamorous; receptive; prospective; rejected; unexceptionable; proper; eligible; formidable; leading; opposing; passive; alternative; presidential.

Verbs for Candidate
choose―; doom―; endorse―; favor― groom―; handicap―; honor―; idealize― squelch―; uphold―; ―aspires to; ―offers; ―orates; ―slings mud; ―stumps; ―thunders; - -triumphs.

Derived terms
candidacy;

Thesaurus
candelabrum, candela, candid, candle, candlepower, candlestick, chandler, chandlery, addict, agent, also-ran, applicant, appointee, aspirant, aspirer, assignee, baby kisser, bidder, campaigner, claimant, collector, coveter, dark horse, defeated candidate, deputy, desirer, devotee, dud, entrant, fancier, favorite son, freak, hankerer, has-been, hopeful, lame duck, licensee, lover, nominee, office seeker, petitioner, political hopeful, possibility, postulant, presidential timber, prospect, runner, running mate, seeker, selectee, solicitant, solicitor, stalking-horse, stumper, suitor, suppliant, supplicant, votary, wanter, whistle-stopper, wisher, yearner

Etymology
From candidatus:, the perfect passive participle of candidare:, from candidus:, in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum.