Word meaning
ingenuous
adjective · in-JEN-yoo-us
What does ingenuous mean?
Ingenuous means innocent and unsuspecting; candid.
Ingenuous in a sentence
“His ingenuous questions charmed the reporters.”
Synonyms for ingenuous
- naive
- innocent
- guileless
How to remember ingenuous
- Say it out loud a few times: in-JEN-yoo-us.
- Write one sentence of your own using ingenuous, about something that happened to you today.
- Quiz yourself tomorrow, in three days, and next week. Spaced reviews are what make new words stick.
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