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- pronunciation:
- ihn
jen
yu
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless.
Being ingenuous herself, she tended not to see the ulterior motives of others.- synonyms:
- artless, naive, unsophisticated
- antonyms:
- artful, calculating
- similar words:
- born yesterday, green, guileless, innocent, plain, simple, simple-hearted, simpleminded, wet behind the ears
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| definition 2: |
without pretense or reservation; innocently frank.
The actor was so ingenuous in the interview that the audience warmed to him immediately.- synonyms:
- genuine, open, openhearted
- antonyms:
- disingenuous, scheming
- similar words:
- aboveboard, artless, candid, childlike, direct, frank, guileless, honest, natural, plain, sincere, straightforward, trusting, unaffected
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| related words: |
callow, credulous, gullible, ignorant, real, spontaneous, young |
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| derivations: |
ingenuously (adv.), ingenuousness (n.) |
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