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Ingenuous synonyms
ĭn-jĕn'yo͝o-əs
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Played without a mute:
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  1. Played without a mute:
  2. (Sports) Having the forward foot farther from the intended point of impact with the ball than the rear foot:
  3. Ending in a vowel or diphthong:
candid
Free from prejudice or bias; fair; just; impartial
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  1. Free from prejudice or bias; fair; just; impartial
  2. Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward:
  3. Very honest or frank in what one says or writes
straightforward
Easy, simple, without difficulty
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  1. Easy, simple, without difficulty
  2. Free from ambiguity or pretense; plain and open:
  3. Honest; frank; open
undisguised
Not disguised, plainly visible.
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  1. Not disguised, plainly visible.
unsophisticated
Not complex, refined, developed, etc.
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  1. Not complex, refined, developed, etc.
  2. Artless, simple, ingenuous, etc.
  3. (--- Now Rare) Not adulterated; genuine or pure
artless
Poorly made or done; crude.
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  1. Poorly made or done; crude.
  2. Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
  3. Without artificiality; simple; natural
plain
Marked by little or no ornamentation or decoration:
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  1. Marked by little or no ornamentation or decoration:
  2. Straightforward; frank or candid:
  3. Sheer; utter; unqualified:
artless
Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
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  1. Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
  2. Free of artificiality; natural.
  3. Without artificiality; simple; natural
guileless
Free from guile; honest but naïve.
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  1. Free from guile; honest but naïve.
  2. Without guile; candid; frank
innocent
Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless:
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  1. Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless:
  2. Lacking, deprived, or devoid of something:
  3. Without guile or cunning; artless; simple
naive
Lacking worldly experience and understanding, especially:
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  1. Lacking worldly experience and understanding, especially:
  2. Simple and guileless; artless:
  3. Unaffectedly or foolishly simple; childlike; artless
natural
Related genetically:
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  1. Related genetically:
  2. Conforming to the usual or ordinary course of nature:
  3. Not altered, treated, or disguised:
simple
Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned:
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  1. Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned:
  2. Lowly in condition or rank:
  3. Without ostentation or affectation; natural
unaffected
Marked by lack of affectation; unpretentious or sincere.
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  1. Marked by lack of affectation; unpretentious or sincere.
  2. Not changed, modified, or affected.
  3. Without affectation; simple; sincere; natural
unsophisticated
Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
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  1. Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.
  2. Not complex, refined, developed, etc.
  3. Artless, simple, ingenuous, etc.
unstudied
Not gained by study or instruction:
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  1. Not gained by study or instruction:
  2. Not gotten by study or conscious effort
  3. Spontaneous; natural; unaffected
unworldly
Suggestive of another world, as in being bizarre or eerie:
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  1. Suggestive of another world, as in being bizarre or eerie:
  2. Having or showing little understanding of the ways of the world; naive or impractical:
  3. Of or relating to the spiritual as opposed to the material.
candid
Free from prejudice or bias; fair; just; impartial
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  1. Free from prejudice or bias; fair; just; impartial
  2. Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward:
  3. Very honest or frank in what one says or writes
direct
Effected by action of the voters, rather than through elected representatives or delegates:
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  1. Effected by action of the voters, rather than through elected representatives or delegates:
  2. Consisting of the exact words of the writer or speaker:
  3. Proceeding without interruption in a straight course or line; not deviating or swerving:
downright
(Archaic) Going straight downward
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  1. (Archaic) Going straight downward
  2. Using plain direct language; accustomed to express opinions directly and bluntly; blunt.
  3. Directed vertically; coming straight down.
forthright
Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct
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  1. Straightforward; not evasive; candid and direct
  2. (Archaic) Proceeding straight ahead.
  3. Straightforward; direct; frank
frank
Free from reserve, disguise, or guile; clearly evident; plain
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  1. Free from reserve, disguise, or guile; clearly evident; plain
  2. Open and sincere in expression; straightforward:
  3. Open and honest in expressing what one thinks or feels; straightforward; candid
honest
Without affectation; plain:
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  1. Without affectation; plain:
  2. Marked by or displaying integrity; upright:
  3. Frank and open
man-to-man
Designating or of a type of defense used in various team sports, in which each defensive player guards a specified offensive player
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  1. Designating or of a type of defense used in various team sports, in which each defensive player guards a specified offensive player
  2. Frank, honest, sincere, etc. in a direct, personal way
  3. Direct, forthright, and honest
open
Played without a mute:
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  1. Played without a mute:
  2. (Sports) Having the forward foot farther from the intended point of impact with the ball than the rear foot:
  3. Accessible to all; unrestricted as to participants:
plainspoken
Frank; straightforward; blunt.
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  1. Frank; straightforward; blunt.
straight
Direct and candid:
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  1. Direct and candid:
  2. Not deviating from the normal or strict form:
  3. Not altered, embellished, or modified:
straightforward
Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
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  1. Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
  2. Moving or leading straight ahead; direct
  3. Honest; frank; open
straight-out
Complete; unmitigated:
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  1. Complete; unmitigated:
  2. Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise.
  3. Straightforward; direct
unreserved
Given without reservation; unqualified:
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  1. Given without reservation; unqualified:
  2. Not held back for a particular person:
  3. Frank or open in speech or behavior
straight-from-the-shoulder
Frank and forthright:
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  1. Frank and forthright:
straight-shooting
(Informal) Characterized by candor, honesty, ethical behavior, etc.
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  1. (Informal) Characterized by candor, honesty, ethical behavior, etc.
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Sentence Examples

  • The ingenuous faith of a Louis IX.

  • But he was the one man of ability who could hope to rule the debris of the kingdom of Jerusalem with success; he was the master of an Italian statecraft which gave him the advantage over his ingenuous rival; and Richard was finally forced to recognize him as king (April 11 9 2).

  • It may, however, be granted that the possibility of lapse throws us open to the objections, ingenuous or disingenuous, of the sceptic; and we must remain exposed to them so long as we deal with our first principles as so many isolated axioms or intuitions.

  • He has, indeed, a true love of England, sometimes not without a suspicion of insularity, but always fresh and ingenuous.

  • Beside, there's no such thing as idiot-proof; idiots are far too ingenuous.

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