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Synonyms for unsophisticated

  • adjective

Most common

simple naive guileless ingenuous

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Simple

simple, naive, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, rustic, gullible, primitive, immature, plain, credulous, callow, green, genuine, unadulterated, unaffected, candid, provincial, bumpkinly, sincere, dewy-eyed, unreserved

Other

unworldly, child-like, uncomplicated, gauche

Antonyms

sophisticated, discerning

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Not sophisticated; lacking sophistication.

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Unsophisticated, Artless, Guileless, Naive or Simple?

On the other hand, artless, guileless, naive, simple, and unsophisticated express the goodness which comes from want of the knowledge or thought of evil.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • innocent From this evidence it follows that he is innocent.
  • naive Tom isn't as naive as a lot of people think he is.
  • ingenuous Mary is an ingenuous student.
  • uncomplicated The relationship between the two is not entirely uncomplicated.
  • gauche I am so gauche with these wretched baubles.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
unsophisticatedfalling
innocentrising
naivesteady
guilelessrising
ingenuoussteady
uncomplicatedsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
green1, plain1, naive2
6 letters
simple2, candid2, rustic2, callow2, gauche1
7 letters
genuine3, sincere2
8 letters
innocent3, immature3, gullible3
9 letters
primitive3, credulous3, guileless2, ingenuous4, unworldly, bumpkinly
10 letters
provincial3, unaffected4, unreserved
13 letters
uncomplicated5, unadulterated6

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (naive2 = 2 syllables).