Candid

Definition: Candid

Candid

Adjective

1. Characterized by disconcerting directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation".

2. Informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; "a candid photograph"; "a candid interview".

3. Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature".

4. Starkly realistic; "I have never lacked candid critics in my own ranks"-Clement Atlee.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "candid" was first used: 1630. (references)

Synonyms: Candid

Artlessness

Adjective: artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu, unaffected, naive; sincere, frank; open, open as day; candid, ingenuous, guileless; unsuspicious, honest; innocent; Arcadian; undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard; simple-minded, single-minded; frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted.

Manifestation

Unreserved, frank, plain-spoken; (artless); candid (veracious); barefaced.

Probity

Straightforward; (ingenuous); frank, candid, open-hearted.

Veracity

Adjective: truthful, true; veracious, veridical; scrupulous; (honorable); sincere, candid, frank, open, straightforward, unreserved; open hearted, true hearted, simple-hearted; honest, trustworthy; undissembling; (dissemble; ); guileless, pure; truth-loving; unperjured; true blue, as good as one's word; unaffected, unfeigned, bona fide; outspoken, ingenuous; (artless); undisguised; (real).

Crosswords: Candid

Romanian (ingenuous, innocent, sincere, virginal).

Candid Camera (1962)

No. 4 Candid Microphone: Series 4 (1952)

Candid Camera (1948)

Elmer's Candid Camera (1940)

Broadway Brevity: The Candid Kid (1938)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Architect? A Candid Guide to the Profession (reference)

• The Season: A Candid Look at Broadway (reference)

• Candid Science III: More Converstations With Famous Chemists (reference)

• Lady Nijos Own Story: The Candid Diary of a 13th Century Japanese Imperial Court Concubine (reference)

• The 9To5 Guide to Combating Sexual Harassment: Candid Advice from 9To5, the National Association of Working Women (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Cradle of Filth - Heavy Left-Handed & Candid (reference)

• Candid Candid Camera - V. 4 (reference)

• The Best of Candid Camera Vol. 2 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shows candid photo of Mr. Calvin surrounded by two other men, holding scientific apparatus. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

A candid view of one of the women workers touching up the U.S. Army Air Forces insignia on the side of the fuselage of a "Vengeance" dive bomber manufactured at Vultee's Nashville division, Tennessee. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The Professor made a candid confession

Without understanding it himself clearly, and without trying to explain it, that chaste, healthy, firm, direct, hard, candid nature charmed him.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

It is extremely important for family members to be candid and truthful with a doctor who is taking a family history. (references)

Repeated and candid discussions with the patient and the patient's spouse or other relatives are mandatory to ensure full understanding of potential advantages and risks of preventive treatment as well as of no treatment. (references)

Civil Liberties

Botswana

The independent press is small but growing and has a long tradition of vigorous, candid, and unimpeded discourse. (references)

Kenya

Kamanda later was released and the treason charge was dropped; however, he was charged with the lesser offense of "incitement." On the whole, the print media remained candid and independent. (references)

Indonesia

The regulations allowed stations to produce their own news programs, and many have done so. Candid live coverage of demonstrations and other breaking stories increased markedly during the year. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

There has been slow introduction of public sector reform, including downsizing of the civil service and candid measures to address widespread corruption. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "candid": candid camera ♦ candid shot ♦ candid veracious. Additional references.

Ending with "candid": over-candid.

Albanian

zemërçelur (fair, ingenuous, open-hearted, sincere, unfeigned), i sinqertë (devout, earnest, explicit, Frank, free, free-hearted, free-spoken, genuine, honest, ingenuous, onefold, open, outgiving, outspoken, plain spoken, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, Square, transparent, true, true-hearted, truthful, unaffected, unreserved, whole-souled), i qartë (apparent, articulate, clear, clear-cut, definite, distinct, evident, explicit, express, fair, formal, Frank, in focus, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, neat, obvious, open and shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, readable, self evident, serene, simple, tangible, unambiguous, unequivocal, visible, well-defined, well-marked), i paanshëm (dispassionate, equitable, even handed, fair, impartial, indifferent, neuter, unbiased, unprejudiced), i drejtë (correct, direct, disinterested, downright, equitable, erect, even, fair, impartial, just, kosher, lank, regular, right, Square, stand up, straight, straightaway, true, upright, upstanding, virtuous, white), i dëlirë (chaste, clean, fair, Frank, innocent, pure), i çiltër (artless, direct, downright, forthright, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, innocent, open, open-hearted, plain, plain spoken, simple-hearted, sincere, straight, straightforward, truthful, unaffected, unsophisticated, wholehearted). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مخلص (adherent, constant, devoted, devout, earnest, faithful, heartfelt, hearty, honest, loyal, mentor, open-hearted, sincere, staunch, steadfast, true, true-hearted, truthful, whole-hearted), ‏نزيه (disinterested, dispassionate, honest, impartial, in his right mind, nonpartisan), ‏غير متحيز (colorless, colourless, detached, impartial, indifferent, just, unprejudiced), ‏صريح (bare, bluff, categorical, communicative, crude, direct, downright, expansive, explicit, flat, forthcoming, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, palpable, plain, plain spoken, plump, point blank, pronounced, raw, round, simple-hearted, steady, straight, straightforward, transparent, unreserved, unvarnished), ‏أبيض (blank, white). (various references)

Bulgarian 

справедлив (equitable, even, even handed, fair, just, lawful, legitimate, right, righteous), спонтанен (instinctive, spontaneous, unconditioned, unconstrained, unforced, unpremeditated, unprompted, unrehearsed, unrequested, unschooled, unscripted, unsolicited, unstudied, untaught), откровен (forthright, guileless, ingenuous, open, openhearted, outright, plain, plainspoken, point blank, round, simple minded, simple-hearted, sincere, straight, transparent, unvarnished), непринудена снимка, бял (furred, white), прям (above board, bluff, bluffy, blunt, direct, downright, forthright, free-spoken, honest, open, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, round, sincere, straight out, straightaway, straightforward, unaffected, unreserved), искрен (bona fide, cordial, deep-felt, devout, earnest, genuine, heart-to-heart, hearty, honest, outright, outspoken, plain, prayerful, sincere, single, single-eyed, unalloyed, unfeigned, unreserved, untutored), импровизиран (extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, off the cuff, offhand, rough and ready, scratch, unpremeditated). (various references)

Chinese 

磊落. (various references)

Czech

upřímný (direct, fair dealing, feeling, Frank, free-hearted, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, honest, ingenuous, on the up and up, open, open-hearted, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, simple, sincere, single-hearted, straight, straightforward, transparent, true, true-hearted, unaffected, unreserved). (various references)

Farsi 

منصفانه (Just), صاف وساده (Ingenuous), بی تزویر (Ingenuous). (various references)

Finnish

vilpitön (frank, honest, sincere, straightforward, upright), avomielinen (frank, open). (various references)

French

candide, sincère, franc, blanc. (various references)

German

aufrichtig (above-board, bluff, earnest, earnestly, faithfully, Frank, frankly, genuine, genuinely, honest, honestly, ingenuous, ingenuously, open, sincere, sincerely, straightforward, truly, unaffected, undesigning, unfeigned). (various references)

Greek 

ειλικρινήσ (direct, forthright, hearty, open, open-faced, outspoken, sincere, single minded, single-hearted, straightforward, true blue, whole-hearted), ειλικρινής (forthright, outspoken), ευθύσ (at once, direct, downright, outright, straight, upright), άδολοσ (guileless, plain, unadulterated, undersigning), αμερόληπτοσ (detached, disinterested, impartial, judicial, objective, unbiased). (various references)

Hebrew 

גלוי לב (bluff, blunt, candidness, candour, directness, expansive, frankness, openhearted, outspoken, sincerity, straightforward, straightforwardness, unreserved). (various references)

Hungarian

pártatlan (equitable, even handed, evenhanded, even-handed, fair, impartial, judicial, judiciary, just, neutral), nyílt (above board, aboveboard, declared, disarming, expansiveness, explicit, expressive, flat, forthright, Frank, guileless, honest, open, open route, outright, outspoken, overt, plain spoken, round, sincere, straight, transparent, unclass, unclassified, undefended, up front), õszinte (above board, disarming, downright, guileless, heart-felt, honest, ingenuous, naïve, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, simple-hearted, sincere, straight out, straightforward, transparent, unfeigned, ungrudging, whole-hearted). (various references)

Indonesian

tulus (devout), suci (chaste, holy, purified). (various references)

Italian

candido -or- franco, candido (comfit, freehearted, ingenuous, innocent, pure, snow white, snowy, stainless, white), sincero (above-board, heartfelt, honest, ingenuous, plain, sincere, true, truthful, unaffected, undesigning), schietto (bare, downright, forthcoming, Frank, natural, open, outright, outspoken, plainspoken, straightforward), franco (blunt, direct, forthright, franc, Frank, free, hearty, open, outspoken, postage paid, sincere, straightforward). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

淡白 (frank, indifferent, ingenuous, light color, plain, simple, taste). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たんぱく (egg white, frank, indifferent, ingenuous, light, plain, protein, simple), きさく (clever scheme, frank, good humored, openhearted, ready, sociable, willing), さばさば (relief). (various references)

Korean 

솔직한 (unreserved). (various references)

Manx

seyr-chreeagh (demonstrative, open-hearted), neuchleaynt (dispassionate, fair-minded, open-minded), jeeragh (direct; erect, downright, due, fair and square, faithful; just, forthcoming, frank, honest, lineal; sincere, outright, outspoken, partly done, plumb, point-blank, rigid, straight, straight ahead, straightforward, strict, true, undeviating, unequivocal, unerring), firrinagh (authentic, devout, faithful, honest, real, sincere, sterling, true, unaffected, veracious), corrym (adequate, amends, equal, equitable, equivalent, even, exact, flat, flat rate of pay, flush, impartial, justice, level, par, pregnant, revenge, satisfaction, tally, tantamount, treatment). (various references)

Norwegian

oppriktig (frank, ingenuous), ærlig (above-board, frankly, honest, upright). (various references)

Pig Latin

andidcay.(various references)

Portuguese

cândido (non-partisan), sincero (artless, convinced, cordial, deep, direct, downright, dyed-in-the, earnest, frank, freehearted, guileless, heartfelt, hearty, honest, ingenuous, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, simple, simple-hearted, sincere, single-hearted, straight, straightforward, strong, true, true-hearted, unaffected, undisguised, unfeigned, unvarnished, whole-hearted, whole-souled), ingénuo (callow, dupe, fool, naïve, naive, non-partisan, outage, shirt-sleeve, simple, unsophisticated, unsuspicious, verdant), imparcial (detached, dispassionate, even, impartial, indifferent, just, laodicean, neutral, unbiased, unprejudiced), franco (above-board, bluff, clear, direct, downright, dyed-in-the, forthright, franc, frank, freehearted, guileless, honest, ingenuous, large-hearted, non-partisan, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, plump, simple, simple-hearted, sincere, single-hearted, straightforward, unconcealed, undisguised, unequivocal), desinteressado (aloof, devil-may-care, disinterested, indifferent, laodicean, listless, lukewarm, nonchalant, non-partisan, passive, unbiased, unconcern, unconcerned, uninterested, unselfish, unworldly). (various references)

Romanian

cinstit (above board, chaste, clean-fingered, correctly, fair, foursquare, gentlemanlike, guileless, honest, honestly, honest-minded, honorable, honourable, mensurable, on the level, on the up and up, open, reliable, reputable, respectable, righteous, scrupulous, simple, sincere, sincerely, sporting, sportsmanlike, Square, straightforward, true, trustful, truthful, unfeigned, upright, venerable, virtuous), sincer (above board, artless, authentic, blunt, candidly, childlike, devout, downright, fair, forthright, Frank, frankly, freehearted, free-spoken, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, heart-whole, hearty, honest, honestly, ingenuous, kind, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, plain, plainly, right-down, round, sincere, single, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, undisguised, unfeigned, unpretending, unreserved, well-meant), onest (foursquare, honest, honorable, honourable, mensurable, Square, upright), neprefãcut (genuine, natural, unfeigned), imparţial (detached, dispassionate, equal, even handed, fair-minded, free, impartial, impartially, unbiased, unbiassed, unprejudiced). (various references)

Russian 

откровенный (downright, forthright, frank, freehearted, free-hearted, free-spoken, outgiving, outspoken, plainspoken, plain-spoken, self-confessed, straightforward, unreserved). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

otvoren (above board, blunt, downright, forthright, heart-to-heart, open, open-faced, openhearted, outdoor, outgoing, out-of-door, outspoken, overt, plain, plainspoken, sightly, through, unclosed, undisguised), iskren (above board, blunt, childlike, downright, fair dealing, forthright, frank, free-spoken, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, open, open minded, openhearted, outspoken, sincere, single-hearted, straight, straightforward). (various references)

Spanish

con alma abierta (very sincerely), ca/ndido, sincero (aboveboard, above-board, foursquare, genuine, hearty, honest, open-hearted, sincere, true-hearted, unaffected, unfeigned, upright, warm, wholehearted, whole-souled), franco (aboveboard, bald, blunt, clear, direct, evident, exempt, forthright, foursquare, franc, Frank, free, freehearted, freely, gratis, hearty, honest, naked, open, open-faced, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, straightforward, toll free, unenslaved, untrapped). (various references)

Swedish

uppriktig (earnest, frank, honest, ingenuous, open, open-hearted, outgiving, plainspoken, sincere, truthful, up front). (various references)

Thai

ตรงไปตรงมา (direct, foursquare, straight, straightforward, straightforwardly). (various references)

Turkish

candan (bluff, companionable, cordial, cordially, deep-felt, genially, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, open armed, open-hearted, personable, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, whole-hearted, willing, with open arms), tarafsız (clinical, colorless, colourless, crossbench, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, even handed, fair-minded, free from bias, impartial, judicial, neutral, non committal, non party, noncommittal, nonpartisan, non-partisan, nonparty, unbiased, unbiassed, uncolored, uncoloured, uncommitted, unprejudiced, unwarped), samimi (childlike, chummy, companionable, cordial, devout, earnest, familiar, folksy, forthright, Frank, free, freehearted, friendly, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, intimate, jannock, near, on the square, open armed, openhearted, outspoken, pally, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, truthful, undesigning, unequivocal, warm, whole-hearted), saf (absolute, all, artless, clean, clear, country bumpkin, credulous, deceivable, dewy-eyed, distilled, dupe, elemental, elementary, entire, facile, fine, genuine, greenhorn, gudgeon, guileless, gull, gullible, harmless, homespun, honest, immaculate, ingenuous, innocent, juggins, mere, naïve, pigeon, pristine, pure, pure-minded, rank, raw, real, refined, simple, simple minded, simple simon, simple-hearted, sterling, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblended, uncontaminated, undiluted, unmixed, unsophisticated, unsuspicious, untutored, unworldly, witless), içten (bluff, bona fide, childlike, cordial, deep, deeply, devout, earnest, faithful, familiar, forthright, genuine, gut, hail-fellow-well-met, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, honest, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, ingenuous, internally, inwardly, kindly, open, open armed, openhearted, open-hearted, sincere, sincerely, true, true-hearted, truly, truthful, unaffected, undesigning, unfeigned, whole-hearted), gizli çekimde kullanılan, dürüst (above board, christian, conscientious, dinkum, direct, downright, fair, faithful, Frank, guileless, honest, incorruptible, jannock, just, level, moral, on the square, open, plain, regular, right, righteous, right-minded, sincere, single minded, single-hearted, sporting, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight out, straightforward, upfront, upright, upstanding, virtuous), açık (aboveground, apparent, articulate, avowed, bare, blank, broad, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, downright, evident, expansive, explicit, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, light, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, patent, perspicuous, plain, point blank, precise, raw, revealing, round, serene, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, straightforward, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, vacant, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy). (various references)

Ukrainian

світлий (blonde, bright, clear, light, lightsome, whitish), щирий (cordial, devout, earnest, genuine, heartfelt, hearty, ingenuous, onefold, open armed, outspoken, pure-minded, simple, sincere, true-hearted, unaffected, whole-hearted, whole-souled), відвертий (above board, direct, expansive, forthright, free-hearted, nude, open, outgiving, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, professed, self-confessed, unreserved, upstanding), неупереджений (impersonal, objective, open, open minded, uninfluenced, unprejudiced), білий (alabastrine, european, white, white-skin, whitey), безсторонній (dispassionate, equitable, even handed, impartial, neutral, non-partisan, objective, unconcerned), прямий (above board, bald, barefaced, bounden, direct, downright, erect, forthright, ostensive, outright, outspoken, perpendicular, plainspoken, point blank, spadish, straight, straightforward, through). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thật thà (simple-hearted, sincere, sincerely, squarely), ngay thẳng (fair, fair-dealing, righteous, rightful, right-minded), bộc trực vô tư. (various references)

candidum, sincera, sinceram, sinceriter. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "candid": candida, candidacies, candidacy, candidas, candidate, candidates, candidature, candidatures, candider, candidest, candidiases, candidiasis, candidly, candidness, candidnesses, candids. (additional references)

Words ending with "candid": uncandid. (additional references)

Words containing "candid": noncandidacies, noncandidacy, noncandidate, noncandidates, uncandidly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Candid" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cadid, Candao, Candau, candet, candi, candide, Candido, candids, candidum, Candir, Candis, candit, candiv, candus, canidi, cantdid, cantid, Cantidio, cantii, Carneddi, cendi, chanded, Chandio, Cindi, Cnid, Condado, condi, Cyndi, Dandit. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: canid, nicad.

-2 letters: acid, cadi, caid, cain.

-3 letters: add, aid, ain, and, ani, cad, can, dad, did, din.

-4 letters: ad, ai, an, id, in, na.

+1 letter: candida, candids, candied.

+2 letters: adducing, caddying, candidas, candider, candidly, cladding, cyanided, radicand, riddance, uncandid.

+3 letters: addicting, addiction, adducting, adduction, candidacy, candidate, candidest, claddings, dandiacal, dichondra, discanted, distanced, indicated, jaundiced, nonaddict, radicands, riddances.

+4 letters: addictions, adductions, candidates, candidness, dedicating, dedication, dichondras, discarding, discordant, endocardia, grandchild, haciendado, handpicked, nonaddicts, paddocking, sandwiched, syndicated, uncandidly, undidactic, vindicated.

+5 letters: backslidden, caddishness, candidacies, candidature, candidiases, candidiasis, coordinated, deadlocking, decadencies, dedications, deracinated, diamondback, discordance, discordancy, endocardial, endocardium, forbiddance, haciendados, handicapped, incandesced, nondidactic, readdicting, scandalised, scandalized, undecidable, undedicated, unmedicated.