Ingenuous
Ingenuous adjective - Lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment.
Usage example: the story of an ingenuous newcomer to the big city who outwits the slickers at their own game
Unknowing and ingenuous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unknowing" instead an adjective "Ingenuous".
Unknowing
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- green and ingenuous
- green and unknowing
- unsophisticated and ingenuous
- unsophisticated and unknowing
- naive and ingenuous
- naive and unknowing
- ignorant and ingenuous
- ignorant and unknowing
- simple and ingenuous
- simple and unknowing
- inexperienced and ingenuous
- inexperienced and unknowing
- careless and ingenuous
- careless and unknowing
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Unknowing and Ingenuous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ingenuous/unknowing
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Unknowing or Ingenuous. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ingenuous/unknowing.
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