Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion:
— I gave them my candid opinion.

synonyms: blunt, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder.

Roget 430: white; milk-white, snow-white; snowy; niveous^†, candid, chalky; hoar, hoary; silvery; argent, argentine; canescent^†, cretaceous, lactescent^†.    whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond; blanched etc. v.; high in tone, light.    white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver; like ivory etc. n.. ... show more

Roget 525: manifest, apparent; salient, striking, demonstrative, prominent, in the foreground, notable, pronounced.    flagrant; notorious etc. (public) 531; arrant; stark staring; unshaded, glaring.    defined, definite.    distinct, conspicuous etc. (visible) 446; obvious, evident, unmistakable, indubitable, not to be mistaken, palpable, self-evident, autoptical^†; intelligible etc. 518.    plain, clear, clear as day, clear as daylight, clear as noonday; plain as a pike staff, plain as the sun at noon-day, plain as the nose on one's face, plain as the way to parish church.    explicit, overt, patent, express; ostensible; open, open as day; naked, bare, literal, downright, undisguised, exoteric.    unreserved, frank, plain-spoken etc. (artless) 703; candid (veracious) 543; barefaced.    manifested etc. v.; disclosed etc. 529; capable of being shown, producible; inconcealable^†, unconcealable; no secret.    ... show more

Roget 543: truthful, true; veracious, veridical; scrupulous etc. (honorable) 939; sincere, candid, frank, open, straightforward, unreserved; open hearted, true hearted, simple-hearted; honest, trustworthy; undissembling etc. (dissemble) etc. 544^†; guileless, pure; truth-loving; unperjured^†; true blue, as good as one's word; unaffected, unfeigned, bona fide; outspoken, ingenuous etc. (artless) 703; undisguised etc. (real) 494.    uncontrived.    ... show more

Roget 703: artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial^†, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu^†, unaffected, naive; sincere, frank; open, open as day; candid, ingenuous, guileless; unsuspicious, honest etc. 939; innocent etc. 946; Arcadian^†; undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard; simple-minded, single-minded; frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted.    free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken; blunt, downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical^†; unflattering.    ... show more

Roget 939: upright; honest, honest as daylight; veracious etc. 543; virtuous etc. 944; honorable; fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square; fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard; white [U.S.].    constant, constant as the northern star; faithful, loyal, staunch; true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole; marble-constant" [Antony and Cleopatra]; true-hearted, trusty, trustworthy; as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible.    straightforward etc. (ingenuous) 703; frank, candid, open-hearted.    conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded; high-principled, high-minded; scrupulous, religious, strict; nice, punctilious, correct, punctual; respectable, reputable; gentlemanlike^†.    inviolable, inviolate; unviolated^†, unbroken, unbetrayed; unbought, unbribed^†.    innocent etc. 946; pure, stainless; unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured^†; uncorrupt, uncorrupted; undefiled, undepraved^†, undebauched^†; integer vitae scelerisque purus [Lat.] [Horace]; justus et tenax propositi [Lat.] [Horace]. chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.]; high-spirited.    supramundane^†, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous^†.    ... show more

Polish: szczery

Informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared.

Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness:
— His candid eyes.

synonyms: heart-to-heart, open.