Australian English Meaning of ingenuous
naive
Other Australian English words related to naive
- genuine
- guileless
- honest
- innocent
- naive
- simple
- sincere
- unaffected
- TRUE
- naive
- artless
- candid
- childlike
- inexperienced
- natural
- real
- spontaneous
- straightforward
- unpretentious
- unpretentious
- Unsophisticated
- fair dinkum
- dewy-eyed
- direct
- honest
- free
- outspoken
- Gullible
- impressionable
- malleable
- open
- open-hearted
- persuadable
- persuadable
- plain
- plainspoken
- single-minded
- straight
- susceptible
- trusting
- trusting
- natural
- unguarded
- unstudied
- unsuspecting
- unearthly
- wide-eyed
- exploitable
- Gee whiz
- simple-minded
- affected
- artful
- artificial
- assuming
- cosmopolitan
- critical
- cynical
- dishonest
- fake
- Cunning
- Insincere
- distrustful
- phoney
- phoney
- pretentious
- skeptical
- sophisticated
- suspicious
- wary
- worldly
- FALSE
- civilised
- cunning
- crooked
- Cultivated
- cultured
- cunning
- Deceitful
- Deceptive
- designing
- devious
- dissembling
- manipulative
- polished
- refined
- Scheming
- sharp
- Shifty
- sharp
- smooth
- Slippery
- sly
- smooth
- subtle
- tricky
- Underhanded.
- cunning
- Shrewd
- dissembling
- Arch
- calculating
- cunning
- Double-dealing
- feigned
- flattering
- forced
- sly
- larrikin
- tense
- sycophantic
- Two-faced
- oily
Nearest Words of ingenuous
Definitions and Meaning of ingenuous in English
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.
FAQs About the word ingenuous
naive
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious, lacking in sophistication or worldlinessOf honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuou
genuine,guileless,honest,innocent,naive,simple,sincere,unaffected,TRUE,naive
affected,artful,artificial,assuming,cosmopolitan,critical,cynical,dishonest,fake,Cunning
ingenuity => ingenuity, ingenue => ingenue, ingenite => Inborn, ingenit => congenital, ingeniousness => ingenuity,
