guilelessness

guilelessness

noun

Definition of GUILELESSNESS

the quality or state of being simple and sincere <the small-town boy's guilelessness is endearing, but it may not serve him well in the ruthless big city>

Synonyms artlessness, greenness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, innocence, naiveness, naivety (also na{iuml}vety) [chiefly British], naturalness, simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, unsophistication, unworldliness, viridity

Related Words candor, frankness, genuineness, honesty, openness, sincerity, straightforwardness, unaffectedness, unpretentiousness; callowness, childishness, coltishness, inexperience, rawness; insularity, parochialism, provincialism; carelessness, heedlessness, thoughtlessness; ignorance, obliviousness, unawareness; credulity, credulousness, gullibility, impressionability; idealism, impracticality, optimism

Near Antonyms affectedness, artificiality, pretentiousness; deviousness, dishonesty, insincerity; disbelief, doubtfulness, incredulity, suspiciousness; carefulness, caution, street smarts, wariness; pessimism, skepticism; maturity

Antonyms artfulness, cynicism, knowingness, sophistication, worldliness