guileless

guileless
adj
1. open, open-hearted, ingenuous, sincere, genuine, undeceptive, undeceitful, undeceiving, unfeigning, undissembling, undissimulating; aboveboard, open and aboveboard, up front, up and up, on the level, no-nonsense; honorable, just, fair, straight, square, upright, upstanding, fair and square, square-dealing, plain-dealing, square-shooting, straight-shooting; honest, trustworthy, Inf. trusty, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, Inf.O.K.
2. candid, frank, forthright, foursquare, direct, straightforward, straight-from-the-shoulder; plain, plain-spoken, plain-speaking, downright, outright, explicit, unequivocal, unambiguous, undisguised, undisguising, Inf. straight-out, Inf. flatfooted, Inf. matter-of-fact; outspoken, free-spoken, free-speaking, free-tongued, free, unreticent, bold, unreserved, unrestrained, unconstrained, unchecked, uncurbed, unabashed, uninhibited, unsparing, unshrinking; blunt, bluff, brusque, brash, tactless.
3. artless, naive, simple, simple-minded, innocent, childlike; unsophisticated, undeveloped, unworldly, green, born yesterday, wet behind the ears; unsuspicious, trustful, trusting, unwary, unguarded.

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  • Guileless — Guile less, a. Free from guile; artless. {Guile less*ly}, adv. {Guile less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • guileless — index clean, direct (forthright), genuine, honest, ingenuous, pure, simple, straightforward …   Law dictionary

  • guileless — 1727, from GUILE (Cf. guile) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Guilelessly; guilelessness …   Etymology dictionary

  • guileless — [adj] honest aboveboard, artless, candid, frank, genuine, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, simple, simple minded, sincere, straightforward, truthful, unaffected, undesigning, unsophisticated, unstudied; concepts 267,542,545 Ant. artful …   New thesaurus

  • guileless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking guile; innocent and without deception. DERIVATIVES guilelessly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • guileless — [gīl′lis] adj. without guile; candid; frank guilelessly adv. guilelessness n …   English World dictionary

  • guileless — [[t]ga͟ɪlləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED (approval) If you describe someone as guileless, you mean that they behave openly and truthfully and do not try to deceive people. [WRITTEN] Daphne was so guileless that Claire had no option but to believe her. Syn:… …   English dictionary

  • guileless — adjective how can you take advantage of someone so sweet and guileless? Syn: artless, ingenuous, naive, open, genuine, natural, simple, childlike, innocent, unsophisticated, unworldly, unsuspicious, trustful, trusting; honest, truthful, sincere,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • guileless — adjective Date: circa 1616 innocent, naive • guilelessly adverb • guilelessness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • guileless — guilelessly, adv. guilelessness, n. /guyl lis/, adj. free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank. [1720 30; GUILE + LESS] Syn. artless, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated. * * * …   Universalium

  • guileless — adjective Free from guile; honest but naïve …   Wiktionary

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