candid
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 adjective
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
blunt talking and straight shooting
Related & opposite
- outspokenness derivation
- bluntness derivation
- frankness derivation
- direct similar to
Sense 2 adjective
informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared
a candid photograph
Related & opposite
- unstudied similar to
Sense 3 adjective
openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
his candid eyes
Related & opposite
- openness derivation
- frankness derivation
- heart-to-heart derivation
- artless similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | outspokenness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bluntness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | frankness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | direct |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unstudied |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | openness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | frankness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | heart-to-heart |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | artless |