CANDIDNESS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

candidness

noun

as in honesty

the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions candidness is something that we claim to admire—except when we are on the receiving end of a brutally honest assessment

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Recent Examples of candidness Some athletes early in this era proved that charisma and candidness coupled with their athletic skills could be highly lucrative. —

Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026 The duo have become known for their candidness and light-hearted humor, frequently letting viewers in on the chaos of their real lives. —

Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026 The title and author are set large in a text weight of Didot, echoing the candidness of the photo and the material. —

Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025 Angela’s candidness on the season gave viewers a glimpse into her relationship with Charles, including the aftermath of the 2017 incident at Madison Square Garden and accusations of infidelity. —

MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025 Praised for her dry candidness and direct attitude online, Bethenny Frankel isn’t one to fall victim to a viral trend or product trap. —

Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025 The world sees the behavior but rarely the illness behind it; this is what makes Gucci’s candidness about his journey so critical. —

Essence, 23 Oct. 2025 Such welcome candidness to questions of spirituality is enough to move even a resolute non-believer like me. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025 The candidness and vulnerability became the catalyst for her memoir, Cancer Is Complicated, out Tuesday. —

Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025

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Miller also addresses contemporary politics, the recent presidential election and how honesty is in flux in our country.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Intellectual honesty requires acknowledging that the United States is not Weimar Germany or Eastern Europe’s Pale of Settlement, where deadly pogroms against Jews were a regular feature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

— Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026