Defenition of the word ingenuous

• Defenition of the word ingenuous

  • Lacking in sophistication or worldliness.
  • characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
  • lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
  • lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child''s innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
  • characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
  • lacking in sophistication or worldliness

Synonyms for the word ingenuous

• • artless
  • candid
  • frank
  • honest
  • innocent
  • naive
  • simple
  • sincere
  • trusting

Similar words in the ingenuous

• • candid
  • heart-to-heart
  • ingenuous
  • ingenuously
  • ingenuousness
  • ingenuousness's
  • naif
  • naive
  • open
  • sincere
  • undistorted

Antonyms for the word ingenuous

• • artful
  • disingenuous

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