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

Rather than expanding the number of apprenticeship seats, pre-apprenticeship programs are training job seekers to wait in line. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Residents there have overwhelmingly opposed the British government's plan to house male asylum seekers at the site about a mile away, on a Ministry of Defense property. — Simon Ellery, CBS News, 30 July 2026

What's the impact of immigration crackdowns and deportations of refugees and asylum seekers on the economy? — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 30 July 2026

As a result, more asylum seekers are expected to be denied legal permission to stay in the country. — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 30 July 2026

HomeShare’s online platform has drawn close to 7,000 providers and seekers over five years. — Paula Span, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

There might be a line, as music-lovers and dance-seekers fill the space and head to the roof. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

Some of them were more recent asylum seekers, including several women who had fled female genital mutilation in Togo. — Sarah Stillman, The New York Review of Books, 28 July 2026