All favorite son synonyms

noun favorite son

• job — the central figure in an Old Testament parable of the righteous sufferer.
• applicant — An applicant for something such as a job or a place at a college is someone who makes a formal written request to be given it.
• competitor — A company's competitors are companies who are trying to sell similar goods or services to the same people.
• nominee — a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
• contender — A contender is someone who takes part in a competition.
• contestant — A contestant in a competition or quiz is a person who takes part in it.
• aspirant — Someone who is an aspirant to political power or to an important job has a strong desire to achieve it.
• successor — a person or thing that succeeds or follows.
• bidder — A bidder is someone who offers to pay a certain amount of money for something that is being sold. If you sell something to the highest bidder, you sell it to the person who offers the most money for it.
• claimant — A claimant is someone who is receiving money from the state because they are unemployed or they are unable to work because they are ill.
• runner — a person, animal, or thing that runs, especially as a racer.
• hopeful — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
• petitioner — a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
• possibility — the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error.
• seeker — a person or thing that seeks.
• suitor — a man who courts or woos a woman.
• pothunter — a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
• stumper — a person or thing that stumps.
• write-in — a candidate or vote for a candidate not listed on the printed ballot but written onto it by the voter: Write-ins may swing the election.
• dark horse — If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.
• handshaker — a person who is or is required to be overtly or ostentatiously friendly: Politicians are often incurable handshakers.
• job-hunt — to seek employment; look for a job.