Definition for Ingenuousness:

• Openness of heart; freedom from reserve or dissimulation.

Synonyms for Ingenuousness:

• n.

  •artlessness (noun)
  • simplicity.
  •attribute (noun)
  • ingenuousness.
  •candor (noun)
  • honesty,
  • sincerity,
  • fairness,
  • uprightness,
  • probity,
  • artlessness,
  • openness,
  • impartiality.
  •freedom (noun)
  • impertinence,
  • disrespect,
  • Familiarity,
  • informality,
  • readiness,
  • forwardness,
  • ease,
  • license,
  • laxity,
  • facility,
  • spontaneity,
  • overfamiliarity,
  • lack of restraint,
  • boldness,
  • lack of reserve,
  • unconstraint,
  • brazenness,
  • presumption,
  • abandon,
  • Freedoms.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • callowness,
  • candor,
  • childishness,
  • credulity,
  • directness,
  • forthrightness,
  • frankness,
  • freedom,
  • glasnost,
  • indiscretion,
  • outspokenness,
  • straightforwardness,
  • truthfulness,
  • unequivocalness,
  • veracity,
  • Inexpertness,
  • credulities,
  • guilelessness.

Antonyms for Ingenuousness:

• n.

  • artlessness
    grace, sophistication, coordination.
  • attribute
    disingenuousness.
  • candor
    deception, lying, deceit, unfairness, guile, artifice, falsehood, dishonesty.
  • freedom
    imprisonment, confinement, humility, reserve, incarceration, subjection, captivity, suppression, communism, subordination, restriction, restraint, limitation, government, slavery, difficulty, servitude.
  • indiscretion
    discretion, care, discreetness, thoughtfulness, judgment, seriousness, right, wisdom, correction.
  • innocence
    wildness, blame, evil, knowledge, corruption, treacherousness, sin, impurity, guilt, experience, badness.
  • simplicity
    complication, difficultness, complexity.
  • Other antonyms:
    pessimism, skepticism, disbelief, untruth, fiction, deviousness, suspiciousness, maturity, carefulness, lie, affectedness, fabrication, pretentiousness, street smarts, imposture, delusion, cynicism, artificiality, knowingness, caution, mendacity, insincerity, falseness, falsity, artfulness, incredulity, wariness, duplicity, worldliness, error, doubtfulness.

Ingenuousness Sentence Examples:

• Was it that something of the old, frank, childlike ingenuousness seemed to have disappeared?

• And in a hurried voice, and with the greatest ingenuousness, he recounted to the Prince the whole history of his calamity.

Hypernym for Ingenuousness:

• n.

  • attribute
    artlessness.

Hyponym for Ingenuousness:

• n.

  • attribute
    candor, frankness, directness, candidness, candour, forthrightness.