candid

[can·did]

Straightforward and truthful talk might be described with the adjective candid. If you're always candid, your parents will know that they can trust you.

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White.

Adjective S.
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 wh

Adjective S.
starkly realistic; "I have never lacked candid critics in my own ranks"-Clement Atlee

Adjective S.
openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk"

Adjective S.
informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; "a candid photograph"; "a candid interview"

a.
White.

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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.

a.
Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.

Candid

Can*did , a. [F. candide (cf. It. candido), L. candidus white, fr. cand'89re to be of a glowing white; akin to accendre, incendre, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shane. Cf. Candle, Incense.] 1. White. [Obs.]

The box receives all black; but poured from thence, The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence.

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. 3. Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken. Syn. -- Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable. -- 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.

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Usage Examples

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I am a candid interview and I have a dark and dry sense of humor - a very Canadian sense of humor and I am only learning now stupidly that you can't read tongue. When I say something funny in a newspaper and I meant it to be funny, it doesn't read that way.

To be candid with you, free agency hurts all sports. It's great for athletes making an enormous amount of money. But to say it helps the sports, I don't believe that.