candid

About 1.67 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Impartial and free from prejudice.
2. adjective Straightforward, open and sincere, whether people find either refreshing or distasteful.

   a surprisingly candid admission of guilt

3. adjective Unposed or rehearsed.
4. adjective Bright; white.
5. noun A spontaneous or unposed photograph.

   His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.

Similar words

unstudied artless ingenuous uncontrived unflattering direct plainspoken forthright frank free-spoken

Often followed by

and in about with reader mind opinion camera man

Word family

candider candidest candidly candidness candidnesses candids