Ingenuous
Ingenuous adjective - Free from any intent to deceive or impress others.
Plain-speaking and ingenuous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plain-speaking" instead an adjective "Ingenuous".
Plain-speaking
Ingenuous and plain-speaking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ingenuous" instead an adjective phrase "Plain-speaking".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- direct and ingenuous
- direct and plain-speaking
- honest and ingenuous
- honest and plain-speaking
- straight and ingenuous
- straight and plain-speaking
- open and ingenuous
- open and plain-speaking
- frank and ingenuous
- frank and plain-speaking
- candid and ingenuous
- candid and plain-speaking
- plain-spoken and ingenuous
- plain-spoken and plain-speaking
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