6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Candor \Can"dor\, n. [Written also {candour}.] [L. candor, fr. cand["e]re; cf. F. candeur. See {candid}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Nor yor unquestioned integrity Shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot That may take from your innocence and candor. --Massinger. [1913 Webster] 2. A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity. [1913 Webster] Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question. --Whewell. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: candor n 1: ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty [syn: {fairness}, {fair-mindedness}, {candour}] [ant: {unfairness}] 2: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech [syn: {candour}, {candidness}, {frankness}, {forthrightness}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 134 Moby Thesaurus words for "candor": accessibility, approachability, artlessness, austerity, baldness, bareness, big mouth, bluffness, bluntness, broadness, brusqueness, candidness, childlikeness, common speech, communicativeness, conversableness, cricket, directness, effusion, effusiveness, extroversion, fair play, fair shake, fair-mindedness, fairness, flow of words, flowing tongue, fluency, fluent tongue, flux de bouche, flux de paroles, flux of words, forthrightness, frankness, freedom, freeness, garrulity, garrulousness, gassiness, genuineness, gift of gab, glibness, good sportsmanship, gregariousness, guilelessness, gush, gushiness, homespun, honesty, household words, impartiality, ingenuousness, innocence, justice, leanness, long-windedness, loose tongue, loquaciousness, loquacity, matter-of-factness, naiveness, naivete, naivety, naturalness, objectivity, open-mindedness, openheartedness, openness, outgoingness, outspokenness, plain English, plain dealing, plain speaking, plain speech, plain style, plain words, plainness, plainspokenness, prolixity, prosaicness, prosiness, restrainedness, roundness, rustic style, severity, simpleheartedness, simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, sincerity, single-heartedness, single-mindedness, singleness of heart, slush, soberness, sociability, spareness, spate of words, sportsmanlikeness, sportsmanliness, sportsmanship, square deal, starkness, straightforwardness, talkativeness, the fair thing, the handsome thing, the proper thing, trustfulness, unadorned style, unadornedness, unaffectedness, unconstraint, unequivocalness, unguardedness, unimaginativeness, unpoeticalness, unrepression, unreserve, unreservedness, unrestraint, unrestriction, unreticence, unsecretiveness, unsophisticatedness, unsophistication, unsuppression, unsuspiciousness, untaciturnity, unwariness, verbosity, vernacular, volubility, windiness From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Candor, NC (town, FIPS 10120) Location: 35.29123 N, 79.74365 W Population (1990): 748 (326 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27229 Candor, NY (village, FIPS 12210) Location: 42.22726 N, 76.33762 W Population (1990): 869 (344 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13743 From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: Candor, NY -- U.S. village in New York Population (2000): 855 Housing Units (2000): 373 Land area (2000): 0.442580 sq. miles (1.146277 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.442580 sq. miles (1.146277 sq. km) FIPS code: 12210 Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36 Location: 42.230169 N, 76.337909 W ZIP Codes (1990): 13743 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Candor, NY Candor From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]: Candor, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina Population (2000): 825 Housing Units (2000): 299 Land area (2000): 1.193627 sq. miles (3.091480 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.193627 sq. miles (3.091480 sq. km) FIPS code: 10120 Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37 Location: 35.293032 N, 79.742423 W ZIP Codes (1990): 27229 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Candor, NC Candor
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