Dictionary

candor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• audio /æ/ raising
• /ˈkæn.dɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• [ˈkɛən.dɚ] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈkɛn.də(ɹ)/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈkæn.də(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkæn.də(ɹ)/ (Australia)
• [ˈkɛːn.də(ɹ)] (Australia)

Etymology

From Latin candor (“brightness, whiteness”), from candeō (“to shine”).

Meanings

1. (US, uncountable, usually) The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.
2. (US, uncountable, usually) Impartiality.
3. (US, obsolete, uncountable, usually) Whiteness; brilliance; purity.
   • Whilst thou didst keep thy Candor undefil'd, Deerly I lov'd thee; as my first-born child[…] 1648, Robert Herrick, Hesperides, "To his Booke":

Forms

Antonyms

lie · fraud · deception

Deriveds

candorless · uncandor

Relateds

candle · candid

Synonyms

sincerity · fairness · parrhesia · honesty · frankness · equity

Translations (56)

nl openheid (impartiality) · nb oppriktighet (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · pl otwartość (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · fa خلوص (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · de Neutralität (impartiality) · ru че́стность (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · de Freimütigkeit (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · ru беспристрастность (impartiality) · nl onbevangenheid (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · cs nestrannost (impartiality) · ca candor (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · nb frimodighet (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · fr candeur (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · de Aufrichtigkeit (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · de Unparteilichkeit (impartiality) · de Redlichkeit (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · ru прямота́ (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · hu őszinteség (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · de Offenheit (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · nl openheid (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · el αμεροληψία (impartiality) · fi vilpittömyys (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · cs bezpředsudkovost (impartiality) · hu elfogulatlanság (impartiality) · es candor (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · el ευθύτητα (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · de Freimut (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · hu nyíltság (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · nb åpenhet (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · cmn 直率 (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · eo sincereco (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · nl oprechtheid (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · tr içtenlik (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · de Ehrlichkeit (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · ja 率直 (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · ja 公平無私 (impartiality) · bg искреност (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · bg откровеност (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · ja 正直 (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · de Offenheit (impartiality) · bg безпристрастност (impartiality) · pl bezstronność (impartiality) · nl onpartijdigheid (impartiality) · bg честност (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · pl uczciwość (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · pt franqueza (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · cmn 坦率 (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · cs upřímnost (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · pl szczerość (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · el ειλικρίνεια (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · fi suoruus (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · nl openhartigheid (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · de Offenherzigkeit (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · nl eerlijkheid (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · la candor (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression) · nb åpenhjertighet (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression)