SEEKER Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

seeker

noun

Definition of seeker

as in candidate

one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award predicted a tough year for summer job seekers

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Recent Examples of seeker The backlog of pending applications for adjustment of status for asylum seekers has increased by about 80%, and for naturalization by 50%. — Data Journalist, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Malaysia is home to about 215,600 refugees and asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR, including about 126,000 Rohingya who make up one of Southeast Asia’s largest refugee communities. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 Trump’s draconian immigration measures have made recent deportees and asylum seekers alike easy targets for extortion, kidnapping, and occasionally recruitment by certain cartels along the US-Mexico border. — Daniel Peña, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026 Stories of young job seekers firing off hundreds of applications without landing an offer have become all too common. — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 Its seeker helps the missile detect and track targets during an engagement. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2026 This resort is a fantastic place for sun-seekers to unwind amidst lush Mediterranean scrub, rocky nooks, translucent waters, and thalasso pools. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 The Manushya Foundation, a human rights group that has previously assisted other Laotian asylum seekers, reported Khieo Lapchanh's disappearance to the Thai police. — Shibani Mahtani, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 These same principles apply when responding to attention seekers on social media. — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 1 Oct. 2026

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Kristin Pawlik and Wendy Howerton garnered the most votes among the three candidates in the March nonpartisan judicial race, but neither got more than the 50% required to win outright.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
But most Senate Democrats think Colom, a young father, is a stronger candidate in a tough environment for Republicans.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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