Candid

Synonyms for "candid" (314 found)

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Adjective(8 words)

frank bluffest bluntblunt statementblunter brutal directdirect thrusts

above-board aboveboard accessibleall jawapproachable artless ascetic austere authentic bald bare barefaced bluff bluntbona fideborn yesterdaybrazen broad brusquecard carrying

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Noun(6 words)

be honestblunt toneconfessingdirect evidencedivulgingface to face conversation

Adverb(1 words)

bracingly

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Adjective(18 words)

forthcoming forthright frankest frankish free-spokenheart-to-hearthonesthonest reportinginformal natural openopen discussion sessionopen matteropenest outspokenplain clothingplain color patternplain front decoration

forthright frank frankhearted freefree handfree spokenfree-acting free-going free-moving free-speaking free-spoken free-tongued freehand freehanded front gabby garrulous gassy genuine glib

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good gossipy gregarious guileless gushyheart-to-hearthomely homespun honesthonest-to-godimpartial impersonal impromptu inartificial informal ingenu ingenuous innocent just lawful lean legitimate lifelike literal loftylong windedlong-winded loquaciousmatter-of-factmultiloquent multiloquious naive native natural naturalistic neat neutral newsy objective olympian open openhearted original outgoing outspoken overtalkative plainplain spokenplain-speaking

Noun(6 words)

foursquare franco lowdownnorwegian åpenopen gatheringplain designs

Verb(1 words)

open a door

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plain-spoken prolix prosaic prosing prosy pure real realistic rightful round rustic scrupulous self-revealing self-revelatory selfless severesimon puresimon-pure simple simple-speaking

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simplehearted simpleminded sincere singlesingle mindedsingle-hearted single-minded smooth sober sociable spare spartan stark sterling straightstraight outstraight-out straightforwardsure enoughsure-enough talkative talky transparenttrue to lifetrue to naturetrue to realitytrustful 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 windyword for wordword-for-word

Adjective(26 words)

plainest plainspokenplainspoken explanationpoint-blank rawer sincere spontaneousstraight piecestraight-from-the-shouldertruthful mentortruthful responseunashamed uncensored unembellished unfiltered unflinching unmasked unposed unrehearsedunreserved spot

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unscripted unsilencedunsilenced discussionunstaged upfrontwarm openness

Noun(5 words)

public disclosureraw formrevealingsimple natural lookuncontrolled expression

Verb(1 words)

unbosoming

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

image characteristicphotographic attributequality trait

More specific

6 entries

candid portraitforthright outspokenunposed photographunposed portraitunreserved

Collocations

5 entries

candid assessmentcandid cameracandid discussioncandid remarkcandid response

Inflections

2 entries

more candidmost candid

Derivations

2 entries

candidly candor

similar

5 entries

artless direct ingenuous uncontrived unstudied

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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Roy is secretive and Ted is candid.

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I like him in that he is honest and candid.

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I like that young man in that he is honest and candid.

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The teacher was quite candid about my chances of entering Tokyo University.

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