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Definitions

handshaker

[hand-shey-ker] / ˈhændˌʃeɪ kər /
NOUN
candidate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
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
STRONGEST
congressperson lawmaker leader legislator member of Congress officeholder president representative senator
STRONG
orator partisan speaker
WEAK
Party member baby-kisser boss member of parliament office seeker public servant statesperson whistle-stopper
NOUN
sycophant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
groupie lackey
STRONG
adulator bootlicker doormat fan fawner flatterer flunky groveler hanger-on minion parasite puppet
WEAK
brown-noser

Example Sentences

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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

A good mixer, Weirton's best labor handshaker, President Millsop likes ancient history, sports, goes to company baseball games in his shirtsleeves.

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

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.