Associations to the word «Ingenuous»

INGENUOUS, adjective. Naive and trusting.

INGENUOUS, adjective. Demonstrating childlike simplicity.

INGENUOUS, adjective. Unsophisticated; simple.

INGENUOUS, adjective. Unable to mask one's feelings.

INGENUOUS, adjective. Straightforward, candid, open, and frank.

INGENUOUS, adjective. Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility".

INGENUOUS, adjective. Lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it".