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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest, trustful |
| Synonyms: | artless, candid, childlike, frank, green*, guileless, innocent, like a babe in the woods, naive, natural, open, outspoken, plain, simple, sincere, square, straightforward, trusting, unaffected, unartful, unartificial, undisguised, unreserved, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, up front |
| Notes: | ingenious is 'clever, brilliant'; ingenuous is 'frank, candid' or 'naïve' ingenuous means 'naïve, easily deceived, unsuspecting; foolish' - and disingenuous means 'calculating, deceptive' |
| Antonyms: | deceitful, dishonest, sly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | simple |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | childlike, innocent |
| Synonyms: | amateur, artless, bald, basic, childish, direct, frank, green, guileless, honest, ingenuous, naive, naked, natural, plain, sincere, square, stark, trusting, unaffected, unartificial, undeniable, unexperienced, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, unvarnished |
| Notes: | simple means 'plain, uncomplicated'; simplistic means 'characterized by a forced, unwarranted simplicity' |
| Antonyms: | mature, older, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | unaffected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest, unsophisticated |
| Synonyms: | artless, candid, direct, folksy, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, homey, ingenuous, modest, naive, natural, plain, simple, sincere, single, spontaneous, straightforward, true, unartificial, unassuming, unpretentious, unschooled, unspoilt, unstudied, up front |
| Antonyms: | refined, sophisticated, unnatural |
| Main Entry: | unsophisticated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | natural, simple |
| Synonyms: | artless, authentic, bush-league, callow, childlike, clean, cornball, corny*, crude, folksy, genuine, green*, guileless, homey, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, kid*, naive, plain, pure, raw, rookie, straightforward, unadulterated, unaffected, unartificial, uncomplicated, uninvolved, unrefined, unschooled, unstudied, untutored, unworldly, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | cultured, experienced, refined, sophisticated, upper-class, worldly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unworldly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not sophisticated; inexperienced |
| Synonyms: | artless, babe in woods, clean, corn-fed, country, folksy, green*, idealistic, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, raw*, simple, trusting, unaffected, unartificial, uncool, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | cultured, experienced, refined, sophisticated, worldly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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