Synonyms of seeker

seeker

noun

as in candidate

one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award

predicted a tough year for summer job seekers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• candidate
• applicant
• contender
• aspirant
• campaigner
• hopeful
• expectant
• nominee
• prospect
• competitor
• contestant
• applier
• entry
• entrant
• qualifier
• claimant
• pretender
• favorite
• crown prince
• favorite son
• spoiler
• running mate
• stalking horse
• dark horse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incumbent
• officeholder
• awardee
• noncandidate
• dropout
• inductee
• honoree

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of seeker

For job seekers who spent the summer sending resumes into the void, there’s another piece of September lore worth paying attention to—the job market is supposed to pick back up. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

The song examines the connection between the seeker and the creator. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

One case involved Aidar Nafikov, a Russian asylum seeker hoping to be reunited with his family. — Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026

Foliage-seekers can alight in the town of Winona, Minnesota, located on an island in the Mississippi—where visitors hike, kayak, or fish amid craggy river bluffs carpeted with ever-changing treetops. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026

The group alleged security forces opened fire on job seekers in Gachsaran and Ahvaz and reported separate demonstrations over unpaid wages, inflation, fuel shortages and working conditions. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Living costs are high and hiring is weak while roughly 1 in 4 unemployed job seekers spends six months or more looking for work. — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

For more than eighty years, this work has attracted generations of American adventure-seekers. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

Pleasure-seekers would travel by train to open prairies and plains to watch decommissioned locomotives crash into each other. — Caitlín Doherty, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026