ingenuousness
91veracity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See truth. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Honesty] Syn. truth, truthfulness, trustworthiness, integrity, honor, honesty, ingenuousness, candor, frankness, openness, fidelity, probity, plain dealing,… …
92artlessness — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Simplicity] Syn. ingenuousness, naivet?, candor; see innocence 2 . 2. [Unskillfulness] Syn. ineptitude, crudeness, clumsiness; see awkwardness 1 …
93frankness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. openness, sincerity, ingenuousness; see honesty 1 …
94indifferent — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking interest] Syn. apathetic, unconcerned, uninterested, disinterested, detached, unaroused, listless, cold, cool, unemotional, unsympathetic, emotionless, passionless, heartless, unresponsive, incurious, lymphatic,… …
95naiveté — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ingenuousness, childishness, inexperience; see innocence 2 , simplicity 2 , 3 …
96simplicity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The state of being without complication] Syn. singleness, homogeneity, purity, uniformity, clearness, unity, integrity, monotony. Ant. confusion*, intricacy, complexity. 2. [The quality of being plain] Syn. plainness, stark… …
97sincerity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. honor, earnestness, innocence, trustworthiness, guilelessness, veracity, justice, impartiality, openness, frankness, candor, truthfulness, genuineness; see also honesty 1 , reliability . Ant. cunning*, guile, deceit. II… …
98naivete — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [ni eev TAY] or [ni EEV uh TAY] childlike innocence or unsophistication, lack of insight and experience. The con man took advantage of her obvious naivete. SYN.: inexperience, childishness,… …
99ingenuous — in|gen|u|ous [ınˈdʒenjuəs] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: ingenuus born, free born, honest , from gignere to produce children ] an ingenuous person is simple, trusting, and honest, especially because they have not had much experience of… …
100ingenuous — 1590s, noble in nature, from L. ingenuus with the virtues of freeborn people, of noble character, frank, upright, candid, originally native, freeborn, from in in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + gen , root of gignere beget, produce (see GENUS (Cf.… …
