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ingenue

[an-zhuh-noo, -nyoo, an-zhey-ny] / ˈæn ʒəˌnu, -ˌnyu, ɛ̃ ʒeɪˈnü /
NOUN
innocent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
babe ingénue
STRONG
child dupe greenhorn gull stooge sucker victim
WEAK
babe in the woods easy mark gullible person naif naive naïve simple soul trusting soul
ingénue
NOUN
actor
Synonyms
STRONGEST
artist character clown comedian entertainer performer player star villain
STRONG
amateur barnstormer extra foil ham headliner idol impersonator lead mime mimic pantomimist playactor soubrette stand-in stooge thespian trouper understudy ventriloquist walk-on
WEAK
bit player hambone ingenue straight person thesp
Antonyms
WEAK
audience fan
NOUN
greenhorn
Synonyms
STRONG
amateur apprentice babe beginner colt hayseed learner naif neophyte newcomer novice recruit rube simpleton tenderfoot tyro virgin
WEAK
ingenue new hand
Antonyms
STRONG
expert professional

Example Sentences

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This woman should be smoking cigarettes in a Parisian cafe, not getting up to the bubbly mischief Van der Velden envisions for her ingénue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

Pickett explains: "I wasn't really interested in her being an ingénue."

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

Banks: I had a similar experience coming up as an ingénue.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025

The younger women are the most vulnerable to this idealistic image people have for us to have it all figured out before the clock strikes 30, and we are no longer the young ingénue.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2023

Don't talk like the ingénue in a melodrama.

From Miss Maitland Private Secretary by Bonner, Geraldine

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.