candor

noun

ˈkan-dər How to pronounce candor (audio)
Definition of candornext
1
as in honesty
the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions an interview in which the members of the rock band speak with candor about their recent squabbling

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2
as in brilliance
the quality or state of having or giving off light the desert sun shone down on the intrepid travelers with fiery candor

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Recent Examples of candor Did Hamilton’s candor help salvage a political career in tatters? — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 June 2026 While independent movies like The Brutalist aren’t known for being lucrative cashcows for their filmmakers, Corbet’s candor still served as a wake-up call. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 23 June 2026 The unsealing of the disciplinary findings came one day after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court sharply rebuked Krasner’s office for misleading courts, withholding evidence, and violating its duty of candor in multiple efforts to overturn murder convictions. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 19 June 2026 This kind of candor has not gone unnoticed by collaborators like Dane, who notes that there is often a kinship among actors who started out in the business at an early age. — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for candor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for candor
  1. honesty
  2. brilliance
  3. sincerity
  4. brightness
  5. frankness
  6. brilliancy
  7. directness
  8. lightness
Noun
  • Also known as the money plant or honesty, lunaria (Lunaria annua) is an intriguing biennial that produces clusters of purple flowers during the first year of growth and silver, paper-like seed pods the second year, then dies.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2026
  • The honesty and objectivity of Stars and Stripes can’t be overemphasized.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026
Definition of honesty
Noun
  • Lamine Yamal has struggled since his return from injury, with just a few sparks of brilliance here and there.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026
  • Highbrow reviewers didn't always appreciate their brilliance back then, but looking back all these decades later, many of the best examples still stand up now.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of brilliance
Noun
  • Even people who agree with many of Patriot Front’s views are skeptical of its sincerity.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • The film’s sincerity — the quality critics praised most — was met with a sneer rather than a response.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 July 2026
Definition of sincerity
Noun
  • The right temple holds a multipurpose button and rocker for adjusting display brightness, switching between picture modes, and navigating the limited menu system.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026
  • Noctilucent clouds keep glowing with an oddly cold brightness.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of brightness
Noun
  • Seydoux asks me in a moment of frankness.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 18 May 2026
  • Her love for the city is palpable, imbued with her frankness, her fun, her queerness, and her history.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of frankness
Noun
  • The result is an incredible repository of vexations, bafflements, witticisms, and brilliancies.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • So, astronomers have come up with a compromise regarding the geometry of the sun's illumination angle on Venus' disk versus its distance from Earth to determine the time of Venus' greatest brilliancy.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Definition of brilliancy
Noun
  • What appears to be true, however, is that Flick is prioritizing pace and directness while learning that in modern football, the best teams have several options down the flank to provide support to the likes of Lamine Yamal.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • In a tournament defined by vertical runs, through balls and dinks, Olise has been France’s main conductor, synthesising their high-pressing intensity and directness with creative rhythm.
    — Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of directness
Noun
  • There was a sort of lightness to the mood of a team that was still trying to absorb the news.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Hughes suggests a dusty pink or light beige to lift and soften the richness of the floor, while Alonso notes that cooler neutrals can offer a nice contrast, adding some lightness to the room.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026
Definition of lightness

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