Candour Definition & Meaning

Candour meaning

Candour
noun (US English candor)

/ˈkæn.dər/

  the quality of saying what you think openly and honestly

He spoke with candour about his life.

‘I don't trust her,’ she said in a rare moment of candour.

"We really don't know what to do about it," he said with surprising candour.

With brutal candour, she pointed out all the flaws in our plans.


Synonyms & Similar Words

honesty
candidness
frankness
bluntness
simplicity
fairness
sincerity
openness
directness
forthrightness


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

indirection
dissimulation
dissembling
evasiveness
reticence
secretiveness
inhibition
shyness
diplomacy
circuitousness


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