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Synonyms for cand >blunt
  • forthright
  • impartial
  • outspoken
  • sincere
  • straightforward
  • truthful
  • unbiased
  • unequivocal
  • aboveboard
  • bluff
  • equal
  • equitable
  • fair
  • frank
  • free
  • frontal
  • genuine
  • guileless
  • ingenuous
  • just
  • objective
  • open
  • plain
  • right up front
  • scrupulous
  • talking turkey
  • telling it like it is
  • uncolored
  • unprejudiced
  • unpretended
  • up front
  • upright
  • Origin of cand > 1620–30; ( French candide ) Latin candidus shining white, equivalent to cand(ēre ) to be candid white (akin to incense 1 ) + -idus -id 4

    Candid

    Straightforward and truthful talk might be described with the adjective candid. If you're always candid, your parents will know that they can trust you.

    A serious-minded politician might suggest engaging in a "candid discussion" about a complicated topic like health care or the environment, because candid means "open" or "frank." Remember that TV show Candid Camera? It was called that because its candid cameras supposedly showed a candid view of reality. In photography, candid has become a noun meaning "an unposed photo." The word comes from Latin candidus, candid "white," which was later extended to mean "pure." Candid talk provides the pure, unvarnished truth.

    Antonyms for cand >biased
  • devious
  • dishonest
  • prejudiced
  • tactful
  • untruthful
  • artful
  • deceitful
  • lying
  • tricky
  • Examples of cand > If Bart Knaggs had been candid candidhe would have told me that when his prospective father-in-law, who was a doctor, had heard that the cancer had moved into my lungs, he candid to Bart, "Well, your friend is dead." — Lance ArmstrongIt's Not About the Bike(2000) 2001 To be candidI have wondered whether it is fair to write about a man for whom I cannot help but feel a real distaste. — Jill LeporeJournal of American HistoryJune 2001 There are candid … anecdotes of open-heart surgery. — Joyce Carol OatesNew York Times Book Review30 Sept. order Candid 1990 He was quite candid about his past. She gave us her candid opinion on the matter.

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    The Many Shades of Candid

    It is interesting that candid, which has the original meaning in English of “white,” should have so many colors of meaning. The word comes from the French candide, which is from the Latin candidus (“bright, white”). Candid is not often used to mean “white” these days, and has shed candid of its older meanings, “clear, pure.” Many of its candid meanings are concerned with forms of honesty and forthrightness. It may refer to the indication or suggestion of candid honesty (“her candid eyes”), or to something being marked by honest expression (“a candid talk”). However, it also carries the meaning of bluntness (or “disposed to criticize severely”), as well as “free from candid, prejudice, or malice.” The most recent sense it has taken on is in the vocabulary of photography: “relating to or candid photography of subjects acting naturally or spontaneously without being posed.”

    Words nearby cand >candent, candescent, candia, candice, candic >candidcandid camera, candida, candidate, candidate species, candide

    Synonyms & Antonyms for cand >Synonyms
    • direct,
    • forthcoming,
    • forthright,
    • foursquare,
    • frank,
    • free-spoken,
    • freehearted,
    • honest,
    • open,
    • openhearted,
    • out-front,
    • outspoken,
    • plain,
    • plainspoken,
    • straight,
    • straightforward,
    • unguarded,
    • unreserved,
    • up-front

    Words related to cand >unequivocal, straightforward, impartial, truthful, sincere, outspoken, unbiased, blunt, forthright, aboveboard, bluff, equal, equitable, fair, frank, free, genuine, guileless, ingenuous, just

    I daresay Sri Yukteswar would have been the most sought- after guru in India had his words not been so candid and so censorious.

    Choose the Right Synonym for cand >frank, cand > frank discussions cand > a candid appraisal open implies frankness but suggests more indiscretion than frank and less earnestness than cand > open in saying what they think plain suggests outspokenness and freedom from affectation or subtlety in expression. candid talk


    by leah7reid | 2019-12-16 17:00