candid

Plural: candids

Adjective Satellite

• characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
  • "I gave them my candid opinion"
• informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared
  • "a candid photograph"
  • "a candid interview"
• openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
  • "his candid eyes"

Adj

• Impartial and free from prejudice.
• Straightforward, open and sincere.
• Not posed or rehearsed.
• Bright; white.

Noun

• An unposed, informal photograph, often taken spontaneously.
• A spontaneous or unposed photograph.

Adjective

• Frank, sincere, and straightforward in speech or expression.

Examples

• His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.
• That candid shot of the Scrabble board, mid-game, truly captured the intensity.
• To be CANDID, I thought I had the Scrabble game won, but my opponent surprised me.

Synonyms

blunt, forthright, frank, free-spoken, heart-to-heart, open, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder, candid, clinical, cold, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, egal, equal, equitable, evenhanded, fair-minded, fairhanded, impartial, imprejudicate, indifferent, indistinguishing, neuter, neutral, nonaligned, nonpartial, nonpartisan, nonpersonal, objective, parrhesiastic, unbiased, unbigoted, uninterested, unpartial, unpartisan, unprejudiced, unprepossessed, unreserved

Related Words

candela, candelabrum, candidate, candle, candlepower, candlestick, candor, chandler, chandlery

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