29 entries under person topic. ×
| nominee(noun, job, choice, post) | |
| applicant(noun, desire, job, seek) | |
| aspirant(noun, desire, opposition, job) | |
| competitor(noun, opposition, job, application) | |
| hopeful(noun, adjective, informal, job) | |
| seeker(noun, job, seek, runner) | |
| suitor(noun, job, runner, hunter) | |
| claimant(noun, job, opponent, runner) | |
| contestant(noun, opposition, job, application) | |
| entrant(noun, opposition, job, application) | |
| bidder(noun, match, opposition, job) | |
| petitioner(noun, job, seek, entry) | |
| entry(noun, effort) | |
| dark horse(noun, expression, idiom, opposition) | |
| runner(noun, job, competitor, participant) | |
| possibility(noun, job) | |
| favorite son(noun, expression, idiom, job) | |
| solicitant(noun, desire, job) | |
| contender(noun, job, competitor, participant) | |
| office-seeker(noun, job, government) |
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