A person who is running in an election. / A person who is applying for a job. / A participant in an examination. / Something or somebody that may be suitable.

(uncommon) To stand as a candidate for an office, especially a religious one.

The quality of being candid.

Impartial and free from prejudice. / Straightforward, open and sincere. / Not posed or rehearsed.

A spontaneous or unposed photograph.

A novel by Voltaire (in which the protagonist shares his moniker with the title.) / The Operetta of the same name, by Leonard Bernstein. / A naive and innocent person.

plural of candidate

simple past tense and past participle of candidate

plural of candid

(comparatively rare) candidness