Meanings
plural applicants
- One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.
Our job advertisement attracted seven applicants.
- The third coordinate (or z-coordinate) in a three-dimensional coordinate system.
Synonyms: applicate
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe third coordinate (or z-coordinate) in a three-dimensional coordinate system.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinapplicans
- Englishapplicant
From Latin applicans, present participle of applicare. See apply.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُقَدِّم طَلَب, مُتَقَدِّم
- مُقَدِّم طَلَب (muqaddim ṭalab)one who applies
- مُتَقَدِّم (mutaqaddim)one who applies
Catalan sol·licitant
- sol·licitantone who applies
Chinese Mandarin 申請人 /申请人, 求職者 /求职者
- 申請人 /申请人 (shēnqǐngrén)one who applies
- 求職者 /求职者 (qiúzhízhě)one who applies
Danish ansøger
- ansøgerone who applies
Dutch eiser, aanklager
- eiserparty who initiates legal proceedings
- aanklagerparty who initiates legal proceedings
- aanvragerone who applies
- sollicitantone who applies
Finnish kantaja, hakija
- kantajaparty who initiates legal proceedings
- hakijaone who applies
- anojaone who applies
French demandeur, candidat
- demandeurone who applies
- candidatone who applies
German Bewerber, Bewerberin
- Bewerberone who applies
- Bewerberinone who applies
- Antragstellerone who applies
- Beantragerone who applies
- Beantragenderone who applies
Greek αιτών, αιτούσα
- αιτών (aitón)one who applies
- αιτούσα (aitoúsa)one who applies
Hindi आवेदक, आवेदक
- आवेदक (āvedak)party who initiates legal proceedings
- आवेदक (āvedak)one who applies
Hungarian kérelmező, jelentkező
- kérelmezőone who applies
- jelentkezőone who applies
Italian candidato, richiedente
- candidatoone who applies
- richiedenteone who applies
Japanese 志願者, 応募者
- 志願者 (shigansha)one who applies
- 応募者 (ōbosha)one who applies
- 申し込み者 (mōshikomisha)one who applies
- 申し立て人 (mōshitatenin)one who applies
- 申請人 (shinseinin)one who applies
Korean 응모자, 출원자
- 응모자 (eungmoja)one who applies
- 출원자 (churwonja)one who applies
- 신청자 (sincheongja)one who applies
- 지원자 (jiwonja)one who applies
- 후보자 (huboja)one who applies
Norwegian Bokmål søker
- søkerone who applies
Polish kandydat, kandydatka
- kandydatone who applies
- kandydatkaone who applies
Portuguese requerente, candidato
- requerenteone who applies
- candidatoone who applies
Russian заявитель, заяви́тель
- заявитель (zajavítelʹ)party who initiates legal proceedings
- заяви́тель (zajavítelʹ)one who applies
- соиска́тель (soiskátelʹ)one who applies
- претенде́нт (pretendént)one who applies
- кандида́т (kandidát)one who applies
- проси́тель (prosítelʹ)one who applies
- пода́тель (podátelʹ)one who applies
- апплика́нт (applikánt)one who applies
- аплика́нт (aplikánt)one who applies
Spanish solicitante, peticionario
- solicitanteone who applies
- peticionarioone who applies
- candidatoone who applies
- postulanteone who applies
Ukrainian зая́вник, зая́вниця
- зая́вник (zajávnyk)one who applies
- зая́вниця (zajávnycja)one who applies
Cite this entry
applicant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/applicant
“applicant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/applicant. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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