- Types Of Speech
- You can use ingenuous as a article or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Ingenuous
- A 4 syllables article and 9 letters with the letters e, g, i, n, o, s, and u, 4 consonants, 5 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letter n. Ingenuous starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters i, in, ing, inge, ingen, and the ending characters are s, us, ous, uous, nuous, ..
- Definition
- Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Ingenuous is set as a sat word that starts with i, ends with s, 4 syllables, 5 vowels and 9 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Ingenuous in Pig Latin is said as "ingenuousay or ingenuousway".
- Unigram
- i | n | g | e | n | u | o | u | s
- Bigram
- in | ng | ge | en | nu | uo | ou | us
- Trigram
- ing | nge | gen | enu | nuo | uou | ous
- Quadrigram
- inge | ngen | genu | enuo | nuou | uous
- Word Gram
- Article Examples
- characterized by an inability to mask your feelings;
not devious;
"an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- 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"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolute | something that is conceived to be absolute something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control "no mortal being can influence the absolute" |
| Altogether | informal terms for nakedness "in the raw" "in the altogether" "in his birthday suit" |
| Artless | simple and natural without cunning or deceit "an artless manner" "artless elegance" |
| At Libertyp | |
| Bedewed | wet with dew |
| Birthday Suit | |
| Bluff | the act of bluffing in poker deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards |
| Blunt | make less lively, intense, or vigorous impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation "Terror blunted her feelings" "deaden a sound" |
| Bold | a typeface with thick heavy lines |
| Boldface | a typeface with thick heavy lines |
View all cognitive synonyms for Ingenuous
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Artful | marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft "the artful dodger" "an artful choice of metaphors" |
| Disingenuous | not straightforward or candid giving a false appearance of frankness "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine "a disingenuous excuse" |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ingenuous | characterized by an inability to mask your feelings not devious "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" |
View English words with the unique letters used in ingenuous. Words With The Letters Eginosu
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Candid | characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me wh |
| Heart To Heart | n/a |
| Open | information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface" |
| Undistorted | without alteration or misrepresentation; "his judgment was undistorted by emotion" |
| See Also | Definition |
|---|---|
| Naif | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager''s naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe ap |
| Naive | lacking sophistication |
| Sincere | characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message" |
Ingenuous Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With I
- Ends With S
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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