CANDOUR Antonyms
candidness
Best Opposite Words For CANDOUR
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artifice | nounn | |||||||
noun • a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) | ||||||||
concealment | nounn | |||||||
noun • the condition of being concealed or hidden • a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something • the activity of keeping something secret | ||||||||
deceit | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being fraudulent • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving | ||||||||
dishonesty | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being dishonest • lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | ||||||||
evasiveness | nounn | |||||||
noun • intentionally vague or ambiguous | ||||||||
falsehood | nounn | |||||||
noun • a false statement • the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | ||||||||
guile | nounn | |||||||
noun • shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception • the quality of being crafty • the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||||||||
hypocrisy | nounn | |||||||
noun • an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction • insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have | ||||||||
insincerity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical | ||||||||
pretense | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of giving a false appearance • pretending with intention to deceive • imaginative intellectual play • a false or unsupportable quality • an artful or simulated semblance | ||||||||
deception | nounn | |||||||
noun • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving • an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | ||||||||
fraud | nounn | |||||||
noun • intentional deception resulting in injury to another person • a person who makes deceitful pretenses • something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage • the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | ||||||||
lie | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth • Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968) • position or manner in which something is situated verb • be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position • be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position • originate (in) • be and remain in a particular state or condition • tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive • have a place in relation to something else • assume a reclining position |