ingenuous (Meaning)
ingenuous (a)
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
ingenuous (s)
lacking in sophistication or worldliness
ingenuous (a.)
Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth.
Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal.
Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc.
Ingenious.
Synonyms & Antonyms of ingenuous
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- phoney
- dishonest
- cosmopolitan
- mistrustful
- assuming
- worldly
- affected
- skeptical
- mistrustful
- worldly
- guileful
- cynical
- critical
- sophisticated
- phony
- artificial
- phoney
- insincere
- fake
- artful
- false
- wary
- suspicious
- artificial
- suspicious
- cynical
- dishonest
- phony
- pretentious
- false
- artful
- pretentious
- guileful
- insincere
- skeptical
- critical
- affected
- cosmopolitan
- assuming
- sophisticated
- fake
- wary
Synonyms:
- spontaneous
- artless
- childlike
- natural
- real
- unsophisticated
- inexperienced
- straightforward
- on the level
- unpretentious
- unpretending
- candid
Antonyms:
- smooth
- cultured
- crooked
- smooth
- sharp
- scheming
- civilized
- deceptive
- polished
- crafty
- worldly-wise
- deceitful
- deceptive
- crafty
- shifty
- sly
- subtle
- shifty
- hypocritical
- sharp
- sly
- civilized
- wily
- tricky
- underhanded
- refined
- cultivated
- cunning
- underhanded
- devious
- slick
- subtle
- dissembling
- slippery
- dissembling
- devious
- cultivated
- dissimulating
- slick
- shrewd
- worldly-wise
- crooked
- designing
- scheming
- slippery
- cultured
- manipulative
- shrewd
- refined
- hypocritical
- manipulative
- polished
- deceitful
- cunning
- dissimulating
- wily
- designing
- tricky
ingenuous Sentence Examples
- The child's ingenuous trust in strangers made his parents uneasy.
- His ingenuous charm concealed a cunning nature that belied his appearance.
- The politician's ingenuous appeal to the public fooled no one.
- She had an ingenuous belief that all people were inherently good.
- Despite his age, he retained an ingenuous innocence that made him easy to deceive.
- The witness's ingenuous account of the incident was deemed unreliable.
- He couldn't mask his ingenuous excitement at the prospect of adventure.
- The scientist's ingenuous enthusiasm for her research inspired her colleagues.
- The suspect's ingenuous alibi raised suspicions among the detectives.
- Her ingenuous questions revealed a thirst for knowledge that others had long since lost.
FAQs About the word ingenuous
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious, lacking in sophistication or worldlinessOf honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuou
naive, unaffected, honest, naïve, true, sincere,genuine, guileless, innocent, simple
phoney, dishonest, cosmopolitan, mistrustful, assuming, worldly, affected, skeptical, mistrustful, worldly
The child's ingenuous trust in strangers made his parents uneasy.
His ingenuous charm concealed a cunning nature that belied his appearance.
The politician's ingenuous appeal to the public fooled no one.
She had an ingenuous belief that all people were inherently good.
