handshaker

[hand-shey-ker] / ˈhændˌʃeɪ kər /

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candidate n.
politician n.
sycophant n.

NOUN

candidate

Synonyms

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applicant aspirant bidder competitor contender contestant nominee successor

STRONG

claimant entrant hopeful petitioner possibility pothunter runner seeker stumper suitor write-in

WEAK

dark horse favorite son job-hunter office seeker possible choice solicitant whistle-stopper

NOUN

politician

Synonyms

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congressperson lawmaker leader legislator member of Congress officeholder president representative senator

STRONG

orator partisan speaker

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Party member baby-kisser boss member of parliament office seeker public servant statesperson whistle-stopper

NOUN

sycophant

Synonyms

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groupie lackey

STRONG

adulator bootlicker doormat fan fawner flatterer flunky groveler hanger-on minion parasite puppet

WEAK

brown-noser

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But as an avid handshaker and something of an expert on the subject, I have to second the good doctor’s prescription.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2020

Solomon, an assiduous handshaker, likes to point to his experience as an administrator.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is the Senate's most inveterate handshaker and backslapper.

From Time Magazine Archive

He is an energetic handshaker and baby-kisser who is not above pumping a dog's paw at a shopping-center rally.

From Time Magazine Archive

Normally, he was a handshaker, maybe a back-patter on really special occasions.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

handshaker

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