Ingenuous vs. Naive

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

Naiveadjective

Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.

Naiveadjective

Not having been exposed to something.

Naiveadjective

(of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.

Naiveadjective

Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.

Naivenoun

A naive person; a greenhorn.

Naiveadjective

Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naïve manners; a naïve person; naïve and unsophisticated remarks.

Naiveadjective

Having a lack of knowledge, judgment, or experience; especially, lacking sophistication in judging the motives of others; credulous; as, a naive belief in the honesty of politicians.

Naiveadjective

marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience;

Naiveadjective

lacking experience of life;

Naiveadjective

lacking sophistication