ingenuous

Questions about ingenuous

What does ingenuous mean?

ingenuous means "characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ingenuous?

ingenuous has 4 syllables: in-gen-u-ous. The stress falls on "gen". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈdʒɛnjuəs/.

What is another word for ingenuous?

Close synonyms include artless, innocent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of ingenuous?

The recorded antonyms are disingenuous.

Is ingenuous a common word?

ingenuous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ingenuous?

1 word rhymes with ingenuous. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.