Ingenuous Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭn-jĕnyo͝o-əs
Simple
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. artless
  2. unsophisticated
  3. candid
  4. direct
  5. downright
  6. forthright
  7. frank
  8. honest
  9. man-to-man
  10. open
  11. plainspoken
  12. straight
  13. straightforward
  14. straight-out
  15. unreserved
  16. plain
  17. straight-from-the-shoulder
  18. straight-shooting
Antonyms:
  1. disingenuous
  2. dishonest
  3. sly
  4. deceitful
Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; innocent or naive:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. naive

Words Related to Ingenuous

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Ingenuous Sentence Examples

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

  • Personal statements Personal statements tend to come over as a rather ingenuous hard sell.

  • Cleverly segueing between stories... von Stockert's use of props and set is also ingenuous.

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

  • 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).

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