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Synonyms for ingenuous in English

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ingenuous:
- artless; ingenuous; innocent

English

Detailed Synonyms for ingenuous in English

ingenuous:

ingenuous adj

ingenuous

– characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious ¹
artless; ingenuous
– characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious ¹
- artless adj
- ingenuous adj
  - an ingenuous admission of responsibility¹
ingenuous

– lacking in sophistication or worldliness ¹
innocent; ingenuous
– lacking in sophistication or worldliness ¹
- innocent adj
  - a child's innocent stare¹
- ingenuous adj
  - his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it¹

Alternate Synonyms for "ingenuous":

artless; candid; open; heart-to-heart; undistorted; naive; naif; sincere
innocent; naive; naif

Antonyms for "ingenuous":

disingenuous

Related Definitions for "ingenuous":

characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious¹
- an ingenuous admission of responsibility¹
lacking in sophistication or worldliness¹
- his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University