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guileless

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Synonyms & Antonyms of guileless

free from any intent to deceive or impress others

she was an easygoing, guileless young woman who was comfortable just being herself

Synonyms for guileless

artless,
genuine,
honest,
ingenuous,
innocent,
naive
(or naïve),
natural,
real,
simple,
sincere,
true,
unaffected,
unpretending,
unpretentious

Words Related to guileless

childlike,
dewy-eyed,
gee-whiz,
impressionable,
inexperienced,
malleable,
persuadable,
persuasible,
simpleminded,
unsophisticated,
unworldly,
wide-eyed

spontaneous,
unforced,
unstudied

candid,
direct,
frank,
free,
free-spoken,
open,
openhearted,
plain,
plainspoken,
single-minded,
straight,
straightforward,
unguarded

trustful,
trusting

exploitable,
gullible
(also gullable),
susceptible,
unwary

Phrases Synonymous with guileless

on the level

Near Antonyms for guileless

critical,
cynical,
mistrustful,
skeptical,
suspicious,
wary

cosmopolitan,
sophisticated,
worldly,
worldly-wise

civilized,
cultivated,
cultured,
polished,
refined

crooked,
deceitful,
deceptive,
devious,
double-dealing,
hypocritical,
manipulative,
two-faced

arch,
calculating,
canny,
crafty,
cunning,
designing,
foxy,
knavish,
scheming,
sharp,
shifty,
shrewd,
slick,
slippery,
sly,
subtle,
tricky,
underhanded,
wily

flattering,
mealymouthed,
smooth,
sycophantic,
unctuous

feigned,
forced,
strained

Antonyms for guileless

affected,
artful,
artificial,
assuming,
dishonest,
dissembling,
dissimulating,
fake,
false,
guileful,
insincere,
phony
(also phoney),
pretentious

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“Guileless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guileless. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.

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The first known use of guileless was circa 1616

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