candor

Meaning of candor

noun
  1. the quality of being open and honest; frankness.
    a man of refreshing candour

late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin candor ‘whiteness’. The current sense dates from the mid 18th century; the development of the senses paralleled that of candid.

Information about candor

Hyphenation of candor

can-dor

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • candor is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

candor synonyms

Meaning fairness:

fairness

Meaning candour:

candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightness

Meaning lack of restriction; accessibility:

openness

Meaning the quality of being honest:

honesty

Meaning the fact of being true; truth:

truthfulness

Meaning the absence of pretence, deceit, or hypocrisy:

sincerity

candor antonyms

Meaning the quality of not expressing genuine feelings:

insincerity

Translation of candor

Anagrams of candor

ancrod, Cardon, cardon, Conard, Conrad, Dacron, dacron, Dracon, Nocard

Words that rhyme with candor

Bandor, Candor, Landor, Nandor, Sandor, andor, compandor, expandor, uncandor, Scndor, Endor, blendor, cosplendor, newsvendor, outsplendor, presplendor, splendor, vendor, Alcindor, varindor, Komondor, condor, komondor, transpondor

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