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Definition: Candidness |
CandidnessNoun1. The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: CandidnessSynonyms: candor (n), candour (n), forthrightness (n), frankness (n). (additional references) |
| "Candidness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Candidness" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "candidness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | sinqeritet (candor, candour, frankness, openness, sincerity, singleness, unreserve), çiltërsi (candor, candour, frankness, freedom, heartiness, innocence, naivety, openness, sincerity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وضوح (boldness, clarification, clarity, clearness, distinctness, frankness, intelligibility, limpidity, lucidity, nakedness, obviousness, perspicacity, visibility), صراحة (candor, candour, directness, frankness, roundness, square, straightforwardness, straightness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | безпристрастност (impartiality), прямота (bluntness, candor, candour, directness, fair dealing, frankness, honesty, sincerity, straightforwardness, straightness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | upřímnost (candour, depth, directness, fair dealing, frankness, honesty, openness, sincerity, true-heartedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sincérité (candor, candour), franchise (candor, candour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | offenheit (candor, candour, frankness, freedom, ingenuousness, openness, outspokenness, plainness, sincerity, straightforwardness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ειλικρίνεια (candor, candour, devoutness, honesty, openness, sincereness, sincerity, single-mindedness, unfeignedness, veracity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | 'לוי לב (bluff, blunt, candid, candour, directness, expansive, frankness, openhearted, outspoken, sincerity, straightforward, straightforwardness, unreserved). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | õszinteség (candor, candour, frankness, openness, sincerity, singleness, straightforwardness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | schiettezza (frankness, straightforwardness), franchezza (bluntness, candor, candour, frankness, openness, outrightness, outspokenness, straightforwardness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 虚心担懐 (frankness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょし"た"かい (frank, frankness, with an open and calm mind, with no preconceived notions, without reserve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | andidnesscay candura (candor, candour, frankness, innocence), sinceridade (amicability, candor, candour, fairdealing, faith, frantic, heartiness, honey, simplicity, sincerity, singleness). (various references) sinceritate (bluntness, candor, candour, directness, fairness, faith, frankness, genuineness, guilelessness, honesty, openness, rectitude, roundness, sincerity, truth, unreserve). (various references) откровенность (candor, candour, frankness, openness, plain dealing, unreserve), искренность (candour, frankness, genuineness, sincerity). (various references) otvorenost (candor, candour, extroversion, frankness, open mindedness, openness, patency, plainness, unreserve), iskrenost (candor, candour, fair dealing, frankness, genuineness, heartiness, rectitude, sincerity, straightforwardness). (various references) cortesía (affability, chivalry, civility, comity, courtesy, curtsey, curtsy, decency, gallantry, politeness, suavity, urbanity), sinceridad (candor, candour, genuineness, heartiness, open-heartedness, openness, plain dealing, simplicity, sincerity, unreserve), franqueza (bluntness, candor, candour, directness, fair dealing, frankness, honesty, openness, outspokenness, plain dealing, plainness, single-mindedness, straightforwardness). (various references) öppenhet (freedom, ingenuousness, openness, patency). (various references) щирість (candor, candour, cordiality, frankness, genuineness, heartiness, openness, sincerity, singleness), відвертість (baldness, candor, candour, explicitness, frankness, ingenuity, open-heartedness, openness, plainness, unreserve). (various references) tính thật th (candour, simple-heartedness, sincerity, squareness), tính ngay thẳng (candour, fairness, rectitude, simple-heartedness), tính bộc trực sự vô tư (candour), sự không thiên vị (candour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "candidness": candidnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "candidness" (pronounced 'Can"did*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness, Affectedness, Affectionateness, Afflictedness, Affluentness, Affrontiveness, Agedness, Agileness, Agreeableness, Airiness, Alacriousness, Albiness, Alertness, Algidness, Alimentariness, Alimentiveness, Allness, Allowableness, Allusiveness, Almightiness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Alterableness, Alternateness, Alternativeness, Amativeness, Amazedness, Ambidextrousness, Ambiguousness, Ambitiousness, Amenableness, Amiableness, Amicableness, Amorousness, Ampleness, Analogicalness, Ancientness, Angelicalness, Angriness, Angularness, Anileness, Animalness, Animoseness, Anomalousness, Anonymousness, Answerableness, Anticness, Antiquatedness, Antiquateness, Antiqueness, Anxiousness, Apartness, Apertness, Apetalousness, Apishness, Apocryphalness, Apostolicalness, Apparentness, Appellativeness, Apportionateness, Appreciativeness, Apprehensiveness, Approachableness, Approbativeness, Appropriateness, Aptness, Aqueousness, Arbitrariness, Archness, Ardentness, Arduousness, Arguteness, Aridness, Arrogantness, Artfulness, Articulateness, Artificialness, ARTLESSNESS, Associableness, Assuredness, Attainableness, Audaciousness, Audibleness, Augustness, Austereness, Authenticalness, Authenticness, Availableness, Averseness, Awesomeness, Awfulness, Awlessness, Backhandedness, backwardness, Badness, Baldness, Balefulness, Barbarousness, Barefacedness, Bareness, Barrenness, Baseness, Bashfulness, Bawdiness, Beaminess, Beardlessness, Bearishness, Beastliness, Becomingness, Beeriness, Beggarliness, Beholdingness, Beneficialness, Betterness, Bewilderedness, Bewitchedness, Bigness, Biliousness, Bindingness, Bitterness, Blackness, Blamelessness, Blandness, Blankness, Bleareyedness, Blessedness, Blindness, Blitheness, Bloatedness, Blondness, Bloodiness, Bloomingness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Bodiliness, Boisterousness, Boldness, Boniness, Bonniness, Boskiness, Boyishness, Brackishness, Branchiness, Brassiness, Braveness, Brawniness, Brazenness, Breathableness, Breathlessness, Breeziness, Brickleness, Briefness, brightness, Brilliantness, Brininess, Brinishness, Briskness, Bristliness, Brittleness, Broadness, Brokenness, Brotelness, Brotherliness, Brownness, Brushiness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Bugginess, Bulkiness, Bumptiousness, Bunchiness, Burliness, Bushiness, Business, Butcherliness, Calcareousness, Calmness, Canniness, Canonicalness, Canorousness, Capableness, Capaciousness, Capillariness, Capitalness, Captiousness, Carefulness, Carelessness, Carnal-mindedness, Casualness, Categoricalness, Catholicness, Causelessness, Causticness, Cautiousness, Cavalierness, Ceremonialness, Ceremoniousness, Certainness, Chalkiness, Championness, Changeableness, Chargeableness, Chariness, Charitableness, Chasteness, Chattiness, Cheapness, Cheatableness, Cheerfulness, Cheeriness, Cheerisness, Cheesiness, Childishness, Childlessness, Childness, Chilliness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Christianness, Chubbedness, Chuffiness, Churchliness, Churlishness, Circumspectness, Clamminess, Cleanliness, Cleanness, Clearedness, Clearness, Clear-sightedness, Clerkliness, Cleverness, Clogginess, Closeness, Cloudiness, Clownishness, Clumsiness, Coarseness, Cognateness, Coldness, Collateralness, Collectedness, Collectiveness, Combativeness, Combustibleness, Comeliness, Comfortableness, Commensurateness, Commodiousness, Commonness, Commonplaceness, Communicativeness, Commutableness, Compactedness, Compactness, Compassionateness, Compatibleness, Compendiousness, Completeness, Complexedness, Complexness, Complicateness, Comprehensibleness, Comprehensiveness, Compressibleness, Concaveness, Conceitedness, Concentrativeness, Conciseness, Conclusiveness, Concreteness, Concupiscibleness, Concurrentness, Condignness, Conducibleness, Conduciveness, Confidentness, Confirmedness, Conformableness, Confoundedness, Confusedness, Congealedness, Congenialness, Conicalness, Conjointness, Conjunctiveness, Connaturalness, Conscientiousness, Conscionableness, Consciousness, Consecutiveness, Consequentialness, Conservativeness, Considerableness, Consonantness, Constructiveness, Consumptiveness, Contagiousness, Contemplativeness, Contemporariness, Contemptibleness, Contemptuousness, Contingentness, Contractedness, Contractibleness, Contradictoriness, Contrariness, Contriteness, Controllableness, Conversableness, Convertibleness, Convexedness, Convexness, Convincingness, Coolness, Coordinateness, Copiousness, Cordialness, Corkiness, Corporealness, Correctness, Correlativeness, Corrigibleness, Corrosibleness, Corruptness, Costiveness, Costliness, Courageousness, Courteousness, Courtliness, Covertness, Covetiveness, Covetousness, Cowardliness, Coyness, Coziness, Cradgedness, Craftiness, Cragginess, Crankiness, Crankness, Crassness, Crazedness, Craziness, Creaminess, Creativeness, Credibleness, Creditableness. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-i-n-n-s-s" | |
-2 letters: acidness, caddises, discased. | |
-3 letters: ascends, caddies, candids, candied, candies, canines, caseins, dandies, desands, discase, encinas, incased, incases, nancies, saddens, scanned, siennas. | |
-4 letters: anises, ascend, asdics, asides, caddie, caddis, candid, canids, canine, canned, cannie, casein, daises, danced, dances, dassie, dedans, desand, dinned, disced, dissed, encina, inanes, incase, insane, nances, nicads, sadden, saices, sained, sanded, sanies, sansei, scenas, scends, sedans, sennas, sienna, sinned. | |
-5 letters: acids, acned, acnes, aided, aides, anise, asdic, aside, assed, cades, cadis, caids, cains, caned, canes, canid, cased, cases, cedis, cines, daces, dance, deads, deans, diced, dices, dined, dines, discs, ideas, inane, inned, nance, nicad, nided, nides, nines, sades, sadis, saice, saids, sains, sands, saned, sanes, sasin, scads, scans, scena, scend, sedan, sends, senna, sensa, sices, sided, sides, since, sines, sneds, snide. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-d-e-i-n-n-s-s" | |
+2 letters: candidnesses. | |
+5 letters: disenfranchised. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 6E 64 69 64 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- -. -.. .. -.. -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01101110 01100100 01101001 01100100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a n d i d n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 006E 0064 0069 0064 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678070757080718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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