Ingeniousness
Synonyms for ingeniousness
noun invention
contraption
brainchild
ingenuity
creativity
doodad
imagination
design
gimmick
gizmo
apparatus
opus
concoction
novelty
resourcefulness
originality
genius
innovation
discovery
development
gadget
contrivance
device
inspiration
creativeness
inventiveness
original
black box
coinage
Usage Notes
Ingenious and ingenuous are now distinct from each other and are not synonyms. Ingenious means “characterized by cleverness” or “cleverly inventive,” as in contriving new explanations or methods: an ingenious device; ingenious designers. Ingenuous means “candid” or “innocent”: an ingenuous and sincere statement; a thug with the ingenuous eyes of a choirboy.
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- Ingenuous
Synonyms for ingenuous adj honest, trustful artless candid childlike frank green guileless innocent naive natural open outspoken plain simple sincere square straightforward trusting unaffected unreserved unschooled unsophisticated unstudied up front like a babe in the woods unartful unartificial undisguised Antonyms for ingenuous deceitful dishonest sly Usage Notes See ingenious.
- Ingenuously
Synonyms for ingenuously adv honestly willingly plainly publicly candidly fully honestly simply face to face readily aboveboard frankly naively naturally shamelessly straight blatantly unabashedly forthrightly brazenly unashamedly flagrantly artlessly in broad daylight in full view in public in the open unhesitatingly unreservedly wantonly warts and all without pretense without reserve under one’s nose Antonyms for […]
- Ingenuousness
Synonyms for ingenuousness noun complete honesty simplicity honesty truthfulness probity sincerity fairness frankness veracity impartiality uprightness openness artlessness naiveté outspokenness directness unequivocalness forthrightness glasnost straightforwardness guilelessness Antonyms for ingenuousness dishonesty unfairness falsehood guile deceit lying artifice deception Synonyms noun easy attitude facility openness presumption ease familiarity laxity spontaneity frankness informality candor boldness impertinence brazenness forwardness […]
- Ingenuousnesses
Synonyms for ingenuousnesses noun complete honesty simplicity honesty truthfulness probity sincerity fairness frankness veracity impartiality uprightness openness artlessness naiveté outspokenness directness unequivocalness forthrightness glasnost ingenuousness straightforwardness guilelessness Antonyms for ingenuousnesses dishonesty unfairness falsehood guile deceit lying artifice deception Synonyms noun easy attitude facility openness presumption ease familiarity laxity spontaneity frankness informality candor boldness impertinence brazenness […]