Gamesmanship and Ingenuousness
Opposite meaning words
Gamesmanship
Gamesmanship noun - The use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end.
Usage example: that author doesn't go in for literary gamesmanship, so the reader is never led astray by the novel's narrator
Ingenuousness is an antonym for gamesmanship.
Nearby Word: game
Ingenuousness
Ingenuousness noun - The quality or state of being simple and sincere.
Gamesmanship is an antonym for ingenuousness.
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Ingenuousness and Gamesmanship. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gamesmanship/ingenuousness
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