He does not, in short, write with the candor of a man who is completely confident of his thesis.
Source: tatoeba (18861)
Candor
//ˈkæn.də(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "candor" (148 found)
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Related words (74)
open-mindednessopenheartednessopennessoutgoingnessoutspokennessplain dealingplain englishplain speakingplain speechplain styleplain wordsplainnessplainspokennessprolixityproper thingprosaicnessprosinessrestrainednessroundnessrustic style
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severitysimpleheartednesssimplemindednesssimplenesssimplicitysinceritysingle-heartednesssingle-mindednesssingleness of heartslushsobernesssociabilitysparenessspate of wordssportsmanlikenesssportsmanlinesssportsmanshipsquare dealstarknessstraightforwardnesstalkativenessthe fair thingthe handsome thingthe proper thingtrustfulnesstruthunadorned styleunadornednessunaffectednessunconstraintunequivocalnessunguardednessunimaginativenessunpoeticalnessunrepressionunreserveunreservednessunrestraintunrestrictionunreticenceunsecretivenessunsophisticatednessunsophisticationunsuppressionunsuspiciousnessuntaciturnityunwarinessverbosityvernacularvolubilitywindiness
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8 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- безпристрастност noun (impartiality)
- искреност noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- откровеност noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- честност noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Catalan
1 entries- candor noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 坦率 noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- 直率 noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Czech
3 entries- bezpředsudkovost noun (impartiality)
- nestrannost noun (impartiality)
- upřímnost noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Dutch
4 entries- eerlijkheid noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- onbevangenheid noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- onpartijdigheid noun (impartiality)
- openhartigheid noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Esperanto
1 entries- sincereco noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Finnish
2 entries- suoruus noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- vilpittömyys noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
French
1 entries- candeur noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
German
4 entries- Aufrichtigkeit noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- Ehrlichkeit noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- Freimut noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- Freimütigkeit noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Greek
3 entries- αμεροληψία noun (impartiality)
- ειλικρίνεια noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- ευθύτητα noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Hungarian
3 entries- elfogulatlanság noun (impartiality)
- nyíltság noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- őszinteség noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Japanese
3 entries- 公平無私 noun (impartiality)
- 正直 noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- 率直 noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Latin
1 entries- candor noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- frimodighet noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- oppriktighet noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- åpenhet noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- åpenhjertighet noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Persian
1 entries- خلوص noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Polish
4 entries- bezstronność noun (impartiality)
- otwartość noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- szczerość noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- uczciwość noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Portuguese
1 entries- franqueza noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Russian
3 entries- беспристрастность noun (impartiality)
- прямота́ noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
- че́стность noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Spanish
1 entries- candor noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Turkish
1 entries- içtenlik noun (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I'm going to speak to you with utmost candor so I want you to take everything I'm about to say at face value.
Source: tatoeba (19390)
I appreciate your candor.
Source: tatoeba (1933591)
Thank you for your candor.
Source: tatoeba (2644505)
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