Synonyms for ingenuousness
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Noun
artlessness, honesty, innocence, simplicity, sincerity, candor US, candour UK, frankness, unreserve, naturalness
Definitions
- n. 1
The condition of being ingenuous.
Forms
- Plural
- ingenuousnesses → artlessnesses, honesties, innocences, simplicities…
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Candor, frankness, honesty, and ingenuousness are allied with veracity, and verity with truth, while truthfulness may accord with either.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- honesty He didn't believe that honesty is the best policy.
- innocence At first everybody was convinced of his innocence.
- simplicity He enjoys the pared-down simplicity of minimalism.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| ingenuousness | steady | |
| honesty | rising | |
| innocence | rising | |
| simplicity | steady | |
| artlessness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- candor2
- 7 letters
- honesty3, candour
- 9 letters
- innocence3, sincerity4, frankness2, unreserve
- 10 letters
- simplicity4
- 11 letters
- naturalness, artlessness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (candor2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- ingénuité
- Español
- ingenuidad
- Deutsch
- Arglosigkeit