| nominee(noun, person, job, choice, post) |
| applicant(noun, person, desire, job, seek) |
| aspirant(noun, person, desire, opposition, job) |
| competitor(noun, person, opposition, job, application) |
| hopeful(noun, adjective, person, informal, job) |
| seeker(noun, person, job, seek, runner) |
| prospect |
| suitor(noun, person, job, runner, hunter) |
| campaigner(noun, supplicant, requester) |
| claimant(noun, person, job, opponent, runner) |
| contestant(noun, person, opposition, job, application) |
| entrant(noun, person, opposition, job, application) |
| bidder(noun, person, match, opposition, job) |
| petitioner(noun, person, job, seek, entry) |
| entry(noun, person, effort) |
| office seeker |
| postulant(noun, dream, hunter, petitioner, contender) |
| dark horse(noun, expression, idiom, person, opposition) |
| runner(noun, person, job, competitor, participant) |
| amateur |