Childlike vs. Ingenuous

Childlikeadjective

Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.

Childlikeadjective

Of, like, or suitable for a child.

Childlikeadjective

Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.

Childlikeadjective

befitting a young child;

Childlikeadjective

exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity;

Ingenuousadjective

Naive and trusting.

Ingenuousadjective

Demonstrating childlike simplicity.

Ingenuousadjective

Unsophisticated; simple.

Ingenuousadjective

Unable to mask one's feelings.

Ingenuousadjective

Straightforward, candid, open, and frank.

Ingenuousadjective

Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth.

Ingenuousadjective

Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal.

Ingenuousadjective

Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc.

Ingenuousadjective

Ingenious.

Ingenuousadjective

characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious;

Ingenuousadjective

lacking in sophistication or worldliness;

Ingenuousadjective

(of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting