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Synonyms & Antonyms of ingenuous
1
free from any intent to deceive or impress others
- photographs that capture the ingenuous smiles of young children at play
Synonyms for ingenuous
- artless,
- genuine,
- guileless,
- honest,
- innocent,
- naive
- (or naïve),
- natural,
- real,
- simple,
- sincere,
- true,
- unaffected,
- unpretending,
- unpretentious
Words Related to ingenuous
- childlike,
- dewy-eyed,
- gee-whiz,
- impressionable,
- inexperienced,
- malleable,
- persuadable,
- persuasible,
- simpleminded,
- unsophisticated,
- unworldly,
- wide-eyed
- candid,
- direct,
- frank,
- free,
- free-spoken,
- open,
- openhearted,
- plain,
- plainspoken,
- single-minded,
- straight,
- straightforward,
- unguarded
- exploitable,
- gullible
- (also gullable),
- susceptible,
- unwary
Phrases Synonymous with ingenuous
Near Antonyms for ingenuous
Antonyms for ingenuous
- affected,
- artful,
- artificial,
- assuming,
- dishonest,
- dissembling,
- dissimulating,
- fake,
- false,
- guileful,
- insincere,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- pretentious
2
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
- the story of an ingenuous newcomer to the big city who outwits the slickers at their own game
Synonyms for ingenuous
- aw-shucks,
- dewy,
- dewy-eyed,
- green,
- innocent,
- naïf
- (or naif),
- naive
- (or naïve),
- primitive,
- simple,
- simpleminded,
- uncritical,
- unknowing,
- unsophisticated,
- unsuspecting,
- unsuspicious,
- unwary,
- unworldly,
- wide-eyed
Words Related to ingenuous
Near Antonyms for ingenuous
- down-to-earth,
- hardheaded,
- pragmatic
- (also pragmatical),
- realistic,
- sober
Antonyms for ingenuous
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The first known use of ingenuous was in 1588
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