ingenuous

  • 21ingenuous — Synonyms and related words: artless, bluff, blunt, bold, born yesterday, broad, brusque, budding, callow, candid, childlike, confiding, cullible, deceivable, deludable, dewy, direct, downright, dupable, easy, explicit, exploitable, fair, fair and …

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  • 22ingenuous — in·gen·u·ous || ɪn dÊ’enjÊŠÉ™s adj. innocent, naive, artless; honest, open, straight forward, frank …

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  • 23ingenuous — [ɪn dʒɛnjʊəs] adjective innocent and unsuspecting. Derivatives ingenuously adverb ingenuousness noun Origin C16 (orig. in sense noble, generous ): from L. ingenuus lit. native, inborn …

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  • 24ingenuous — a. Artless, frank, open, candid, sincere, guileless, honest, downright, straightforward, truthful, simple minded, single minded, open hearted, transparent, childlike, naïve …

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  • 25ingenuous — adjective inexperienced, simple, trusting, and honest ingenuously adverb ingenuousness noun (U) opposite disingenuous …

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  • 26ingenuous — adj 1. open, open and sincere, open hearted, sincere, genuine, undeceptive, undeceitful, undeceiving, unfeigning, undissembling, undissimulat ing; aboveboard, open and aboveboard, up front, up and up, on the level, no nonsense; straight, square,… …

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  • 27ingenuous — in·gen·u·ous …

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  • 28ingenuous — in•gen•u•ous [[t]ɪnˈdʒɛn yu əs[/t]] adj. 1) free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation 2) artless; innocent; naive 3) Obs. honorable or noble • Etymology: 1590–1600; < L ingenuus native, honorable, frank in•gen′u•ous•ly, adv.… …

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  • 29ingenuous — /ɪnˈdʒɛnjuəs / (say in jenyoohuhs) adjective 1. free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation. 2. artless; innocent. {Latin ingenuus native, innate, freeborn, noble, frank} –ingenuously, adverb –ingenuousness, noun …

  • 30ingenuous —   a. innocent; guileless.    ♦ ingenuousness, n …

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