Candid
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English
Adjective
Candid (comparative more Candid, superlative most Candid)
Noun
Candid (plural Candids)- A spontaneous or unposed photograph.
Adverbs for Candid
utterly; openly; honestly; innocently; simply; sincerely; artlessly; deliberately; resolutely; roughly; directly; downright; frankly; ingenuously; naively; naturally; plainly; unflatteringly; delicately; nakedly; soberly;palpably; evidently; manifestly; truthfully; voraciously; bluntly; indulgently; particularly; scrupulously; unaffectedly; unnecessarily; inexcusably; faithfully; unreservedly; respectfully; incorruptibly; crudely; painfully; gaily; unfeelingly; characteristically; habitually; amazingly; humorously; unexpectedly; engagingly; alarmingly; charmingly.
Synonyms for Candid
frank, open, sincere, unreserved, truthful, impartial, frank, unbiased, fair, honest, simple, artless, ingenuous, naive, straightforward, above-board.
Antonyms for Candid
intriguing, artful, shrewd, sly, wily, tricky, insincere, designing.
Related terms
Thesaurus
frank, frankhearted, free, free hand, free-acting, free-going, free-moving, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued, freehanded, gabby, garrulous, gassy, genuine, glib, good, gossipy, gregarious, guileless, gushy, heart-to-heart, homely, homespun, honest, honest-to-God, impartial, impersonal, impromptu, inartificial, informal, ingenu, ingenuous, innocent, just, lawful, lean, legitimate, lifelike, literal, lofty, long-winded, loquacious, matter-of-fact, multiloquent, multiloquious, naive, native, natural, naturalistic, neat, neutral, newsy, objective, open, openhearted, original, outgoing, outspoken, overtalkative, plain, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, prolix, prosaic, prosing, prosy, pure, real, realistic, rightful, round, rustic, scrupulous, self-revealing, self-revelatory, selfless, severe, simon-pure, simple, simple-speaking, simplehearted, simpleminded, sincere, single-hearted, single-minded, smooth, sober, sociable, spare, stark, sterling, straight, straight-out, straightforward, sure-enough, talkative, talky, transparent, true to life, true to nature, true to reality, trustful, trusting, truthful, unadorned, unadulterated, unaffected, unartificial, unassumed, unassuming, unbiased, unbigoted, uncalculated, uncalculating, unchecked, uncolored, unconcealed, unconcocted, unconstrained, uncontrived, uncopied, uncounterfeited, undeceitful, undeceiving, undisguised, undisguising, undissembled, undissembling, undistorted, unequivocal, unexaggerated, unfabricated, unfanciful, unfeigned, unfeigning, unfictitious, unflattering, unguarded, unhampered, unimaginative, unimagined, unimitated, uninfluenced, uninvented, unpoetical, unprejudiced, unpremeditated, unpretended, unpretending, unpretentious, unqualified, unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unreticent, unromantic, unsecretive, unselfish, unshrinking, unsilent, unsimulated, unsophisticated, unspecious, unsuppressed, unsuspicious, unswayed, unsynthetic, unvarnished, unwary, upright, verbal, verbatim, verbose, veridical, verisimilar, voluble, windy, word-for-word, aboveboard, accessible, all jaw, approachable, artless, ascetic, austere, authentic, bald, bare, bluff, blunt, bona fide, born yesterday, broad, brusque, card-carrying, chatty, childlike, common, commonplace, communicative, confiding, conversable, conversational, demonstrative, detached, dinkum, direct, disinterested, dispassionate, downright, dry, dull, effusive, equal, equitable, expansive, explicit, extroverted, fair, flip, fluent, following the letter, forthright,
Etymology
From Latin candidus (“white”).
Pronunciation
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