candid
Syllables: can·did/ˈkeə̯n.dɪd/UK/ˈkæn.dɪd/
candid adjective: impartial and free from prejudice.
Adjective
candid (comparative more candid or candider, superlative most candid or candidest)
- Impartial and free from prejudice.
- He knew not where to look for faithful advice, efficient aid, or candid judgement.1828, Washington Irving, A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: G. & C. Carvill, […], →OCLC, book XII, page 269
- Asked about the Brexit vote, the candid president told Marr: «I am not the one to judge or comment on the decision of your people.»2018 January 21, Oli Smith, The Sunday Express
- Synonyms:
- unbiased, unprejudiced, cold, clinical, detached, egal, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fairhanded
- Straightforward, open and sincere, whether people find either refreshing or distasteful.
- a surprisingly candid admission of guilt
- “I know you do; and it is that which makes the wonder. With your good sense, to be so honestly blind to the follies and nonsense of others! Affectation of candour is common enough;—one meets with it everywhere. But to be candid without ostentation or design—to take the good of everybody's character...1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter IV, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 29
- Synonyms:
- frank, parrhesiastic, unreserved, outright, point-blank
- Unposed or rehearsed.
- Will the introduction of supplementary flash or flood intrude on a candid picture situation or ruin the mood?2002, Popular Photography
- Bright; white.
- The Box receives all Black, but, pour'd from thence, / The Stones came candid forth; the Hue of Innocence.1717, Catcott, Samuel Croxall, John Dryden, Samuel Garth, Leonard Welsted, “Book XV”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 511
Noun
candid (plural candids)
- A spontaneous or unposed photograph.
- His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.
- When he held the Guild Chair, the office walls were not, as they are now, festooned with orchestrated candids of Chancre and municipal burghers, Chancre herding his porcine family in their Sunday best.1999, Colson Whitehead, The Intuitionist, Fleet (2017), page 137
candid meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
candid in Tamil
- கள்ளமில்லா, தெளிவான, நேரான, வெளிப்படையான, அப்பாவித்தனமான
candid in Urdu
- candid
- سرل saral
candid in Bengali
- খোলামেলা ও অকপট, সত্য কথা বলতে দ্বিধাহীন
candid in Malayalam
- നിഷ്കളങ്കമായ, സത്യസന്ധമായ, കപടമില്ലാത്ത, നിർമ്മലമായ
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- candid in Kannada
- ನೇರ, ಮುಚ್ಚುಮರೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಸರಳ, ನಿಷ್ಪಕ್ಷಪಾತ
- candid in Persian
- منصفانه monsefâne, رک rok
- candid in Thai
- เปิดอก
Examples of candid in a sentence
- But to be candid without ostentation or design—to take the good of everybody's character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad—belongs to you alone.[…]”1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter IV, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […]...
- My candid opinion was that it was all rubbish!1871, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, translation of original by Jules Verne:
- Sam Altman, the chief executive and co-founder of OpenAI, has been ousted from his own company after its board accused him of “being not consistently candid in his communications”.2023 November 18, Blake Montgomery, Dani Anguiano, “OpenAI fires co-founder and CEO Sam Altman for allegedly lying to company board”, in...
Synonyms of candid
- unbiased
- unprejudiced
- cold
- clinical
- detached
- equitable
- evenhanded
- fairhanded
- fair-minded
- disinterested
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Forms of candid
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more candid |
| comparative | candider |
| superlative | most candid |
| superlative | candidest |
| Noun | |
| plural | candids |
Origin of candid
Borrowed from Latin candidus (“white”).
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Questions about candid
- What does candid mean?
- Candid means impartial and free from prejudice.
- What is candid in Tamil?
- Candid in Tamil is கள்ளமில்லா, தெளிவான, நேரான. See Candid meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use candid in a sentence?
- But to be candid without ostentation or design—to take the good of everybody's character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad—belongs to you alone.[…]”
- What part of speech is candid?
- Candid can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce candid?
- Candid is pronounced /ˈkæn.dɪd/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: candid (page history and authors); candid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سرل (Urdu) (page history and authors); candid (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); candid (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); candid (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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