'Candid' definitions:
Definition of 'candid'
From: WordNet
adjective
Characterized by 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" [syn: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight- from-the-shoulder]
adjective
Informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; "a candid photograph"; "a candid interview"
adjective
Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk" [syn: candid, open, heart-to-heart]
Definition of 'Candid'
From: GCIDE
- Candid \Can*did\ (k[a^]n"d[i^]d), a. [F. candide (cf. It. candido), L. candidus white, fr. cand[=e]re to be of a glowing white; akin to accend[e^]re, incend[e^]re, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shine. Cf. Candle, Incense.]
- 1. White. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The box receives all black; but poured from thence, The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion. "Candid and dispassionate men." --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.
- Syn: Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable.
- Usage: Candid, Fair, Open, Frank, Ingenuous. A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing; he is candid when be looks impartially on both sides of a subject, doing justice especially to the motives and conduct of an opponent; he is open and frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve; he is ingenuous when he does this from a noble regard for truth. Fair dealing; candid investigation; an open temper; a frank disposition; an ingenuous answer or declaration. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'candid'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboveboard,
- accessible,
- all jaw,
- approachable,
- artless,
- ascetic,
- austere,
- authentic,
- bald,
- bare,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- bona fide,
- born yesterday,
- broad,
- brusque,
- card-carrying,
- chatty,
- childlike,
- common,
- commonplace,
- communicative,
- confiding,
- conversable,
- conversational,
- demonstrative,
- detached,
- dinkum,
- direct,
- disinterested,
- dispassionate,
- downright,
- dry,
- dull,
- effusive,
- equal,
- equitable,
- expansive,
- explicit,
- extroverted,
- fair,
- flip,
- fluent,
- following the letter,
- forthright,
- frank,
- frankhearted,
- free,
- free hand,
- free-acting,
- free-going,
- free-moving,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- free-tongued,
- freehanded,
- gabby,
- garrulous,
- gassy,
- genuine,
- glib,
- good,
- gossipy,
- gregarious,
- guileless,
- gushy,
- heart-to-heart,
- homely,
- homespun,
- honest,
- honest-to-God,
- impartial,
- impersonal,
- impromptu,
- inartificial,
- informal,
- ingenu,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- just,
- lawful,
- lean,
- legitimate,
- lifelike,
- literal,
- lofty,
- long-winded,
- loquacious,
- matter-of-fact,
- multiloquent,
- multiloquious,
- naive,
- native,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- neat,
- neutral,
- newsy,
- objective,
- Olympian,
- open,
- openhearted,
- original,
- outgoing,
- outspoken,
- overtalkative,
- plain,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- prolix,
- prosaic,
- prosing,
- prosy,
- pure,
- real,
- realistic,
- rightful,
- round,
- rustic,
- scrupulous,
- self-revealing,
- self-revelatory,
- selfless,
- severe,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- simple-speaking,
- simplehearted,
- simpleminded,
- sincere,
- single-hearted,
- single-minded,
- smooth,
- sober,
- sociable,
- spare,
- Spartan,
- stark,
- sterling,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- straightforward,
- sure-enough,
- talkative,
- talky,
- transparent,
- true to life,
- true to nature,
- true to reality,
- trustful,
- 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,
- windy,
- word-for-word