Words Like INGENUOUS

We have put together a list of words that are similar to INGENUOUS.

9 Alternative Words Similar to ingenuous

1 Artless Adjective      Synonym Words Like Artless
2 Innocent Adjective      Synonym Words Like Innocent
3 Candid Adjective      Similar Words Like Candid
4 Open Adjective      Similar Words Like Open
5 Noble Adjective      Synonym Words Like Noble
6 Honorable Adjective      Synonym Words Like Honorable
7 Upright Adjective      Synonym Words Like Upright
8 Frank Adjective      Synonym Words Like Frank
9 Naïf Adjective      Equivalent

4 examples of ingenuous

1 ingenuous blood of birth
2 an ingenuous ardor or zeal
3 an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc.
4 his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it

10 definitions of ingenuous

1 Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble.
2 Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded.
3 Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank
4 Ingenious.
5 characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
6 lacking in sophistication or worldliness
7 Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless.
8 Openly straightforward or frank; candid. See Synonyms at naive.
9 Obsolete Ingenious.
10 Freeborn; of honorable extraction.
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