applicant

Noun

Meaning

One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

inquirer candidate nominee seeker bidder contender hopeful entrant requester proposer applier job seeker challenger pretender aspirant
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Antonyms

spectator observer witness defendant browser seller
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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Hyponyms

possible material aspirant petitioner probable bidder

Phrases with the word

loan applicant job applicant principal applicant leniency applicant interview with a job applicant

Examples

In each episode of this series I will offer an applicant a blind choice of either a pleasant experience, a ‘treat', or a darker ‘trick'. They won't know which one they've chosen and they may not know how or when it will happen to them. Derren Brown

The visa lottery system poses a national security threat. Under the program, each successful applicant is chosen at random and given the status of permanent resident based on pure luck. Bob Goodlatte

Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant. Florenz Ziegfeld

America is the only major country that tries to ascertain who was the first applicant to invent the product or procedure. This may seem fair, but long proceedings to determine precisely when each party conceived an idea result mostly in keeping innovations from hitting the market. Robert Pozen

I'm sure that being an applicant from the American School in Vienna helped get me into all seven colleges I applied to. Thomas G. Stemberg

According to the applicant, both water and the ingress of roots from the current trees and planters are exacerbating the deterioration of the walkway. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

applicably applicancy applicand applicants for asylum applicants for refugee status applicate