Synonyms and Antonyms of candor
1
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
bluntness, candidness, directness, forthrightness, frankness, honesty, openheartedness, openness, outspokenness, plainness, plainspokenness, plumpness, straightforwardness, unguardedness, unreserve, unreservedness
earnestness, sincerity, sobriety
artlessness, genuineness, naïveté (also naivete), simplicity, unsophistication
communicativeness, freedom, license (or licence), uninhibitedness, unrestrainedness, unrestraint
2
the quality or state of having or giving off light
- the desert sun shone down on the intrepid travelers with fiery candor
brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, dazzle, effulgence, illumination, lambency, lightness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, luster (or lustre), lustrousness, radiance, refulgence, splendor
blaze, flare, flash, flicker, light
fluorescence, incandescence, luminescence
burnish, gloss, polish, sheen, shine, shininess
fire, flame, glare, glow
flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle
dimness, gloominess, somberness
cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity
colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness
