Thesaurus / ingenuousness
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synonyms for ingenuousness
- directness
- fairness
- frankness
- honesty
- outspokenness
- probity
- simplicity
- sincerity
- truthfulness
- artlessness
- forthrightness
- glasnost
- impartiality
- openness
- straightforwardness
- unequivocalness
- uprightness
- veracity
- guilelessness
- naïveté
- abandon
- boldness
- brazenness
- candor
- directness
- disrespect
- ease
- facility
- familiarity
- forthrightness
- forwardness
- frankness
- impertinence
- informality
- laxity
- license
- openness
- presumption
- readiness
- spontaneity
- unconstraint
- lack of reserve
- lack of restraint
- overfamiliarity
- error
- gaffe
- lapse
- miscue
- misjudgment
- recklessness
- crudeness
- excitability
- folly
- foolishness
- gaucherie
- goof
- goof-up
- hastiness
- imprudence
- indiscreetness
- rashness
- slip
- slipup
- stumble
- stupidity
- tactlessness
- thoughtlessness
- unseemliness
- bumble
- dropping the ball
- dumb move
- faux pas
- fool mistake
- foul-up
- misspeak
- naïveté
- screwup
- slip of the tongue
- artlessness
- candidness
- credulousness
- forthrightness
- frankness
- freshness
- greenness
- guilelessness
- gullibility
- ignorance
- innocuousness
- innoxiousness
- inoffensiveness
- lack
- nescience
- plainness
- purity
- rawness
- simplicity
- sincerity
- unaffectedness
- unawareness
- unfamiliarity
- unknowingness
- unsophistication
- unworldliness
- virtue
- artlessness
- candidness
- credulousness
- forthrightness
- frankness
- freshness
- gullibility
- ignorance
- inexperience
- lack
- nescience
- plainness
- purity
- simplicity
- sincerity
- unaffectedness
- unawareness
- unfamiliarity
- unknowingness
- virtue
- guilelessness
- innocuousness
- innoxiousness
- inoffensiveness
- unsophistication
- unworldliness
- innocence
- artlessness
- callowness
- candor
- childishness
- credulity
- frankness
- guilelessness
- gullibility
- inexperience
- naturalness
- openness
- simplicity
- candor
- clarity
- directness
- integrity
- modesty
- purity
- restraint
- unity
- chastity
- clearness
- ease
- easiness
- homogeneity
- innocence
- monotony
- naturalness
- obviousness
- openness
- plainness
- primitiveness
- severity
- singleness
- straightforwardness
- uniformity
- classicality
- clean lines
- elementariness
- guilelessness
- lack of adornment
- naïveté
- sophistication artlessness
antonyms for ingenuousness
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- difficulty
- humility
- captivity
- communism
- confinement
- government
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- limitation
- reserve
- restraint
- restriction
- servitude
- slavery
- subjection
- subordination
- suppression
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use ingenuousness in a sentence
Edgar looked at her, to read how much of this was real ingenuousness, how much affected simplicity.
LIPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE OF POPULAR LITERATURE AND SCIENCEVARIOUSHe is a man of clear head, of courage, fortitude and simple ingenuousness.
THE RAID OF JOHN BROWN AT HARPER'S FERRY AS I SAW ITREV. SAMUEL VANDERLIP LEECHThese questions, uttered with childish rapidity and ingenuousness, threw some light upon the apparent mystery.
ADRIFT ON THE PACIFICEDWARD S. ELLISWith the utmost sincerity and ingenuousness he condemned Mr. Edwards.
THE CALICO CATCHARLES MINER THOMPSONThe ingenuousness of her impetuous question seemed to amuse him.
THE SECRET WITNESSGEORGE GIBBSThat ingenuousness of her friend's pleasure in her wedding made Ruth feel, not only older, but removed from her by experience.
FIDELITYSUSAN GLASPELLHis ingenuousness of confession astonished everybody, and moved the hearts of his judges.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME VIJOHN LORD"How interesting the instinct of animals is," she observed with an air of the most perfect ingenuousness.
LOVE IN A CLOUDARLO BATESCoquetry was as foreign to the ingenuousness of her nature, as to the dignity of all her early maternal precepts.
CAMILLAFANNY BURNEY"You didn't ask me," said Joe, with something like ingenuousness, though with a most provoking application.
WILD WESTERN SCENESJOHN BEAUCHAMP JONESWORDS RELATED TO INGENUOUSNESS
- bumble
- crudeness
- dropping the ball
- dumb move
- error
- excitability
- faux pas
- folly
- fool mistake
- foolishness
- foul-up
- gaffe
- gaucherie
- goof
- goof-up
- hastiness
- imprudence
- indiscreetness
- ingenuousness
- lapse
- miscue
- misjudgment
- misspeak
- naïveté
- rashness
- recklessness
- screwup
- slip
- slip of the tongue
- slipup
- stumble
- stupidity
- tactlessness
- thoughtlessness
- unseemliness
- artlessness
- candidness
- credulousness
- forthrightness
- frankness
- freshness
- greenness
- guilelessness
- gullibility
- ignorance
- ingenuousness
- innocuousness
- innoxiousness
- inoffensiveness
- lack
- nescience
- plainness
- purity
- rawness
- simplicity
- sincerity
- unaffectedness
- unawareness
- unfamiliarity
- unknowingness
- unsophistication
- unworldliness
- virtue
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.