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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
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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
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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

In the 1990s, taking his last laps as a handshaker, autograph signer and first-ball thrower, he demanded to be introduced as "baseball's greatest living ballplayer."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Edwin Benjamin Reeser, head of Barnsdall Corp., a Tulsa independent oil company, president of the American Petroleum Institute, and a great handshaker, was ready to lead the oil industry into the conference.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman