ingenuous

in·gen·u·ous  (n-jny-s)

adj.

1. Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless.

2. Openly straightforward or frank; candid. See Synonyms at naive.

3. Obsolete Ingenious.

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[Latin ingenuus, honest, freeborn; see gen- in Indo-European roots.]

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in·genu·ous·ly adv.

in·genu·ous·ness n.

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ingenuous [ɪnˈdʒɛnjʊəs]

adj

1. naive, artless, or innocent

2. candid; frank; straightforward

[from Latin ingenuus freeborn, worthy of a freeman, virtuous, from in-² + -genuus, from gignere to beget]

ingenuously  adv

ingenuousness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ingenuous - characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" artless sincere - open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship" naif, naive - marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" artful, disingenuous - not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse"
	2.	ingenuous - 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" innocent naif, naive - marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"

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ingenuous

adjective naive, open, trusting, simple, frank, plain, innocent, sincere, honest, candid, childlike, unsophisticated, unreserved, artless, guileless, unstudied, trustful He seemed too ingenuous for a reporter.
reserved, sophisticated, subtle, sly, devious, wily, crafty, artful, insincere

Translations

ingenuous [ɪnˈdʒenjʊəs] ADJ (= naive) → ingenuo; (= candid) → cándido

ingenuous [ɪnˈdʒɛnjuəs] adj (= candid) → ingénu(e)

ingenuous

adj

(= candid) → offen, aufrichtig, unbefangen

(= naïve) → naiv

ingenuous [ɪnˈdʒɛnjʊəs] adj → ingenuo/a