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candor

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.də(ɹ)/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈkæn.dɚ/
  • Canada, General-American: [ˈkɛən.dɚ]
  • Australian: /ˈkæn.də(ɹ)/
  • Australian: [ˈkɛːn.də(ɹ)]
  • /æ/ raising Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /ˈkɛn.də(ɹ)/
  • rhymes with -ændə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: K AE1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: frankness, honesty, sincerity, parrhesia

Antonyms: deception, fraud, lie

2

noun

Meaning 2

Impartiality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: equity, fairness

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Whiteness; brilliance; purity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, obsolete, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: honesty, honestness

Narrower terms: ingenuousness

5

noun

Meaning 5

ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fairness, fair-mindedness, candour

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: impartiality, nonpartisanship

History

Etymology

From Latin candor (“brightness, whiteness”), from candeō (“to shine”).

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: искреност (iskrenost) — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Bulgarian: честност (čestnost) — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Bulgarian: откровеност (otkrovenost) — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Catalan: candor — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Chinese Mandarin: 坦率 (tǎnshuài) — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Chinese Mandarin: 直率 (zhíshuài) — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Czech: upřímnost — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Dutch: openheid — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Dutch: openhartigheid — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Dutch: eerlijkheid — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Dutch: oprechtheid — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Dutch: onbevangenheid — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Esperanto: sincereco — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Finnish: vilpittömyys — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Finnish: suoruus — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • French: candeur — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • German: Aufrichtigkeit — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • German: Freimut — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • German: Redlichkeit — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • German: Ehrlichkeit — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • German: Offenheit — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • German: Freimütigkeit — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • German: Offenherzigkeit — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Greek: ειλικρίνεια (eilikríneia) — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Greek: ευθύτητα (efthýtita) — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Hungarian: nyíltság — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Hungarian: őszinteség — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Japanese: 率直 (sotchoku) — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Japanese: 正直 (shōjiki) — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Latin: candor — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppriktighet — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Norwegian Bokmål: frimodighet — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åpenhjertighet — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åpenhet — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Persian: خلوص (xolus) — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Polish: szczerość — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Polish: otwartość — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Polish: uczciwość — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Portuguese: franqueza — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Russian: прямота́ (prjamotá) — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Russian: че́стность (čéstnostʹ) — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Spanish: candor — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Turkish: içtenlik — sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
  • Bulgarian: безпристрастност (bezpristrastnost) — impartiality
  • Czech: nestrannost — impartiality
  • Czech: bezpředsudkovost — impartiality
  • Dutch: openheid — impartiality
  • Dutch: onpartijdigheid — impartiality
  • German: Offenheit — impartiality
  • German: Unparteilichkeit — impartiality
  • German: Neutralität — impartiality
  • Greek: αμεροληψία (amerolipsía) — impartiality
  • Hungarian: elfogulatlanság — impartiality
  • Japanese: 公平無私 (kouhei mushi) — impartiality
  • Polish: bezstronność — impartiality
  • Russian: беспристрастность (bespristrastnostʹ) — impartiality