Ingenuous
Ingenuous adjective - Free from any intent to deceive or impress others.
Usage example: photographs that capture the ingenuous smiles of young children at play
Openhearted and ingenuous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Openhearted" instead an adjective "Ingenuous".
Openhearted
Openhearted adjective - Free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions.
Usage example: many therapists believe that it is better to be openhearted than to repress one's feelings, however hostile they may be
Ingenuous and openhearted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ingenuous" instead an adjective "Openhearted".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- natural and ingenuous
- natural and openhearted
- direct and ingenuous
- direct and openhearted
- genuine and ingenuous
- genuine and openhearted
- honest and ingenuous
- honest and openhearted
- straight and ingenuous
- straight and openhearted
- open and ingenuous
- open and openhearted
- blunt and ingenuous
- blunt and openhearted
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