Qualities

Synonyms for ingenuous

Two senses of ingenuous live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 4, High Camp · 2 senses · adjective · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2adjectiveTier 4, High CampQualities

characterized by an inability to mask your feelings

An ingenuous admission of responsibility.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

artless

Same sentence, swapped: An artless admission of responsibility.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for ingenuous as it is used in the sentence above.

disingenuous
sappy
budding

Sense 2 of 2adjectiveTier 4, High CampQualities

lacking in sophistication or worldliness

His ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

innocent

Same sentence, swapped: His innocent explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it.

Close but different

explicit
downright
transparent

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