ingenuous
Meanings
Adjective
- characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
- "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
Adjective Satellite
- lacking in sophistication or worldliness
- "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
Adj
- Naive and trusting.
- Demonstrating childlike simplicity.
- Unsophisticated; clumsy or obvious.
- Unable to mask one's feelings.
- Straightforward, candid, open, frank.
Origin / Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ingenuus (“of noble character, frank”). Doublet of ingenu.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
ingenuous is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordingenuous is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ingenuous is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
ingenuous is a valid Words With Friends word