| applicant(noun, person, desire, job, seek) |
| candidate(noun, person, desire, opposition, job) |
| suitor(noun, job, competitor, runner, hunter) |
| hopeful(noun, adjective, person, job, seek) |
| seeker(noun, job, seek, competitor, candidate) |
| petitioner(noun, job, seek, competitor, candidate) |
| ambitious(adjective, eager, hopeful, wishful, aspiring) |
| aspirer(noun, person, seek) |
| competitor(noun, person, opposition, job, dream) |
| contestant(noun, person, opposition, job, dream) |
| nominee(noun, candidate) |
| aspiring(adjective, hopeful, wishful) |
| bidder(noun, opposition, job, rival, enemy) |
| claimant(noun, job, opponent, competitor, hunter) |
| postulant(noun, person, dream, hunter, candidate) |
| wannabe(noun, adjective, person, dream, hopeful) |
| supplicant(noun, desire, petitioner, requester) |
| wishful(adjective, eager, hopeful, aspiring) |
| dark horse(noun, expression, idiom, opposition, job) |
| entrant(noun, person, opposition, job, rival) |