INGENUOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Openly straightforward or frank

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ingenuousness" is a kind of...):

candidness; candor; candour; directness; forthrightness; frankness (the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ingenuousness"):

artlessness (ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit)

Antonym:

disingenuousness (the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor)

Derivation:

ingenuous (characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious)

Meaning:

The quality of innocent naivete

Synonyms:

artlessness; ingenuousness; innocence; naturalness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ingenuousness" is a kind of...):

naiveness; naivete; naivety (lack of sophistication or worldliness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ingenuousness"):

innocency (an innocent quality or thing or act)

Derivation:

ingenuous (lacking in sophistication or worldliness)