What are some opposite words for candor?
Antonyms for candorcan·dor
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candor
Truth is primarily and verity is always a quality of thought or speech, especially of speech, as in exact conformity to fact. Veracity is properly a quality of a person, the habit of speaking and the disposition to speak the truth; a habitual liar may on some occasions speak the truth, but that does not constitute him a man of veracity; on the other hand, a person of undoubted veracity may state (through ignorance or misinformation) what is not the truth. Truthfulness is a quality that may inhere either in a person or in his statements or beliefs. Candor, frankness, honesty, and ingenuousness are allied with veracity, and verity with truth, while truthfulness may accord with either. Truth in a secondary sense may be applied to intellectual action or moral character, in the former case becoming a close synonym of veracity; as, I know him to be a man of truth.
Compare synonyms for DECEPTION.
Antonyms:
deceit, deception, delusion, duplicity, error, fabrication, falsehood, falseness, falsity, fiction, guile, imposture, lie, mendacity, untruthSynonyms:
frankness, honesty, ingenuousness, reality, truth, truthfulness, veracity, verity
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Princeton's WordNet
fairness, fair-mindedness, candor, candournoun
ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
Synonyms:
paleness, fair-mindedness, beauteousness, loveliness, equity, blondness, fairness, candour, directness, candidness, frankness, forthrightness, comelinesscandor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightnessnoun
the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
Synonyms:
fair-mindedness, forthrightness, outspokenness, frankness, fairness, candour, directness, candidness, straightness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
candornoun
Synonyms:
impartiality, disinterestedness, frankness, ingenuousness, naïveté, openness
How to use candor in a sentence?
The art of life is to show your hand. There is no diplomacy like candor. You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do. Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.
it was clear to me by now that Trevor and the college must somehow be separated. My problem was one which I feel compelled to define with brutal candor: how to kill him without getting into trouble... I had no qualms about causing the death of a fellow from whose nonexistence the college would benefit
I actually like his candor.
Theres simply no question that Chinas lack of candor to the world impacted the way the world was able to respond.
Given the attorney general's lack of candor before other congressional committees, I believe my colleagues and I were right to insist on the extended questioning.
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