ingenuous meaning and definition

INGENUOUS adjective

Definition of ingenuous (adjective)

1. characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
   • "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
   • synonyms: artless
   • antonym: artful
2. lacking in sophistication or worldliness
   • "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
   • synonyms: innocent