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ingenue

noun

variants: or ingénue

Synonyms and Antonyms of ingenue

an innocent girl or young woman

In her latest film she plays the part of an ingenue.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of ingenue

babe, colt, cub, fledgling, greenhorn, naïf (or naif), newbie, tenderfoot, virgin

angel, dove, innocent, lamb, sheep

mollycoddle, sissy, softy (or softie), weakling, wimp

dupe, pigeon, sap, sucker

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of ingenue

bully, roughneck, rowdy, tough

beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, jerk, joker, louse, lout, slob

shark, skunk, snake, stinker

devil, knave, miscreant, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scoundrel, varlet, villain

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