Definition for Candor:

• ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty

Synonyms for Candor:

• n.

  •
  • transparency,
  • nobility.
  •artlessness (noun)
  • naturalness,
  • naivete,
  • genuineness,
  • artlessness,
  • unsophistication,
  • un-artificiality,
  • trust,
  • broadness,
  • directness,
  • plainness,
  • openness,
  • plain-spokenness,
  • unartfulness,
  • unaffectedness,
  • candidness.
  •candor (noun)
  • fairness,
  • forthrightness,
  • candour.
  •cognition (noun)
  • candor.
  •complete honesty (noun)
  • ingenuousness,
  • glasnost,
  • veracity,
  • impartiality,
  • simplicity,
  • uprightness,
  • unequivocalness.
  •freedom (noun)
  • laxity,
  • lack of restraint,
  • unconstraint,
  • Freedoms,
  • overfamiliarity,
  • lack of reserve.
  •honesty (noun)
  • self respect,
  • straightforwardnesses,
  • trustinesses,
  • trustworthinesses,
  • self-respects,
  • evenhandednesses,
  • outspokennesses,
  • selfrespect,
  • straightnesses,
  • reputabilities,
  • bluntnesses,
  • impeccabilities.
  •honorableness (noun)
  • plainne.
  •simplicity (noun)
  • innocence,
  • singleness,
  • terseness,
  • crystallinity,
  • purity,
  • bareness,
  • chastity,
  • refinement,
  • spareness,
  • clarity,
  • baldness,
  • austerity.
  •sincerity (noun)
  • re-liabilities,
  • bona fideses,
  • re liabilities,
  • re liability,
  • re-liability,
  • wholeheartednesses,
  • sincerenesses.
  •truth (noun)
  • dutifulness.
  •veracity (noun)
  • veraciousness,
  • trueness,
  • honest-to-god truth,
  • straight stuff,
  • veridicality.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • honor system,
  • credibility,
  • double bluff,
  • good faith,
  • pretense,
  • sportsmanship,
  • probity.

Paraphrases for Candor:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    frankness, candour.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    honesty.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    sincerity, openness, truthfulness, directness, forthrightness, franchise, deductible.

Antonyms for Candor:

• n.

  • cognition
    unfairness.
  • complete honesty
    deception, artifice, lying, deceit, dishonesty, guile, falsehood.
  • Other antonyms:
    fiction, shadowiness, dimness, reserve, untruth, colorlessness, falsity, dissembling, restraint, shadiness, duplicity, obscureness, evasiveness, cloudiness, mendacity, dissimulation, diplomacy, dark, tact, imposture, delusion, paleness, inhibition, duskiness, reticence, lie, inequity, gloominess, fabrication, darkness, grayness, dullness, secretiveness, indirection, murkiness, shyness, somberness, blackness, falseness, circuitousness, obscurity, lackluster, error, haziness.

Candor Sentence Examples:

• I should have laughed - had I not chanced to meet his clear blue gaze fixed upon me with deadly candor.

• Verily, even toward the righteous among men, candor is a perilous duty.

Hyponym for Candor:

• n.

  • cognition
    nonpartisanship, impartiality.