ingenuous
41ingenious — ingeniously, adv. ingeniousness, n. /in jeen yeuhs/, adj. 1. characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine. 2. cleverly inventive or resourceful: an ingenious press agent. 3. Obs. a. intelligent;… …
42natural — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unaffected, spontaneous, artless, unstudied; unsophisticated, naive, ingenuous; normal, ordinary, regular; unadorned, unadulterated; inherent, innate, inborn. See simpleness, intrinsic, conformity,… …
43unsophisticated — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ingenuous, innocent, simple, guileless, artless. See innocence, simpleness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Naive] Syn. inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, simple, artless; see also inexperienced , naive …
44ingenuity — 1590s, honor, nobility, from M.Fr. ingénuité and directly from L. ingenuitatem (nom. ingenuitas) condition of a free born man, figuratively generosity, noble mindedness, from ingenuus (see INGENUOUS (Cf. ingenuous)). Etymologically, this word… …
45gullible — adjective he was a swindler who preyed on gullible elderly widows Syn: credulous, naive, overtrusting, overtrustful, easily deceived, easily taken in, exploitable, dupable, impressionable, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, ingenuous, innocent,… …
46natural — adj 1 *regular, normal, typical Analogous words: ordinary, *common, familiar: *usual, customary, habitual, accustomed, wonted Antonyms: unnatural: artificial: adventitious 2 Natural, simple, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated, artless, unaffected… …
47ingenious — in•gen•ious [[t]ɪnˈdʒin yəs[/t]] adj. 1) characterized by cleverness or originality of invention: an ingenious argument[/ex] 2) cleverly inventive; resourceful: an ingenious mechanic[/ex] 3) Obs. a) intelligent; showing genius b) ingenuous •… …
48in|gen´ious|ness — in|gen|ious «ihn JEEN yuhs», adjective. 1. skillful in making; good at inventing; clever: »The ingenious boy made a radio set for himself. SYNONYM(S): inventive, resourceful. See syn. under clever. (Cf. ↑clever) 2. cleverly planned and made:… …
49in|gen´ious|ly — in|gen|ious «ihn JEEN yuhs», adjective. 1. skillful in making; good at inventing; clever: »The ingenious boy made a radio set for himself. SYNONYM(S): inventive, resourceful. See syn. under clever. (Cf. ↑clever) 2. cleverly planned and made:… …
50in|gen|ious — «ihn JEEN yuhs», adjective. 1. skillful in making; good at inventing; clever: »The ingenious boy made a radio set for himself. SYNONYM(S): inventive, resourceful. See syn. under clever. (Cf. ↑clever) 2. cleverly planned and made: »This trap made… …
