candor

Noun

Meaning

Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence.

A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fairness frankness directness candour forthrightness candidness fair-mindedness fidelity accuracy integrity simplicity authenticity innocence honesty correctness
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Antonyms

bluff act apostasy whitewash crime evil
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Hypernyms

honesty impartiality nonpartisanship honestness

Hyponyms

ingenuousness

Related terms

candle candid

Anagrams

Conrad ancrod cardon Conard Condra dacron

Examples

Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities. Anne Louise Germaine de Staël

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk. Peggy Noonan

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end. Gerald Ford

I don't want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble. Don DeLillo

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor. Walt Whitman

Pragmatism ... reflects with almost disarming candor the spirit of the prevailing business culture, the very same attitude of ‘being practical' as counter to which philosophical meditation as such was conceived. Max Horkheimer

Close letter words and terms

candombe candonid candonine candorless candour Candover Brook