ingenues

noun

variants or ingénues
plural of ingenue
as in angels
an innocent girl or young woman In her latest film she plays the part of an ingenue.

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Recent Examples of ingenues When the Television Academy announced its nominations in July, the story wasn’t about the ingenues. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 Actresses who are no longer ingenues make striking appearances, not only in dramas, but also at formal events. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 July 2026 Our best ingenues would queue to star as Dora and Nora. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 Seen on the likes of Pamela Anderson, Ariana Grande, and most recently, Vera Wang, the micro bang was first popularized in the 1950s by film ingenues like Audrey Hepburn. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
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  1. angels
  2. virgins
  3. greenhorns
  4. newbies
  5. innocents
  6. fledglings
  7. colts
Noun
  • Kuiper compared World Central Kitchen and other volunteers to angels.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • May God’s angels carry you to your place of rest and true peace.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of angels
Noun
  • Public health stats show maybe 5%-10% of those getting married in the United States are virgins at the altar.
    — Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • How many spells were cast, how many virgins were sacrificed, how many first-borns were murdered so that this could happen?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 May 2026
Definition of virgins
Noun
  • Flecks of mica and pyrite and who knows what, but only fools and greenhorns mistake it for gold.
    — John Archibald, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
Definition of greenhorns
Noun
  • His hair, intentionally mussed, is perhaps a signal to these reality TV newbies that things are about to get a bit… well, messy.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026
  • And while plenty of Persian dining is typically done at home, Diba and his team have done a good job of making both newbies and folks more familiar with the cuisine feel welcome.
    — Colin Wrenn, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of newbies
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  • On that terrible day, millions of Americans witnessed airplanes flying into buildings, people jumping off skyscrapers, and the Twin Towers collapsing with thousands of innocents inside.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of innocents
Noun
  • Northern cardinals may flirt over lunch, with a male passing a choice bite to a female, while fledglings flap, gape and beg their parents for a snack.
    — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The episode’s break from format puts the audience literally inside Lestat’s head as he’s confronted by his makers and his fledglings, with exception to Claudia.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of fledglings
Noun
  • For every race that has colts contending for greatness and notoriety, there is a sister race for those wonderful three-year-old fillies.
    — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The Preakness features a venue change to a 115-year-old track that has never hosted the event, a field of some of the best 3-year-old colts in the country and a couple of chances to make horse racing history.
    — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Definition of colts

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“Ingenues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenues. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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