guileless

Examples

• All

• Sprague glanced up from retrieving his tee and gave Park his guileless smile.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Ryan and Jen are among the most guileless people I've ever met.

• His new eyes are bright and gray; his smile is nearly guileless.

  Fiction book (2000)

• "Oh?" she stopped sewing and looked up at me with a guileless face.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Bill Eagle sat and thought for a moment, his face guileless and earnest.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Her eyes were a clear aquamarine blue, her look as guileless as a fawn's.

  Fiction book (1991)

• But Neville's smiling face is so guileless that the boss doesn't get it, as always.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Her eyes were a clear aquamarine blue, her look as guileless as a fawn's.

• Sydney thinks it is probably not possible to be his age and guileless, but there it is.

Synonyms

T

transparent

vsguileless

68 4.1

A person or process that is open and honest and does not hide information

focuses on personal sincerity rather than informational openness

I

ingenuous

vsguileless

3 7.9

Open and honest, without hiding what they feel or want

is sincere and straightforward but not necessarily unable to hide feelings

I

innocent

vsguileless

2 2.2

Completely lacking a usual quality or feature

describes sincere lack of cunning and straightforward honesty

Antonyms

D

deceitful

31 5.0

Acting in a dishonest way to make people believe something untrue

C

cunning

28 4.5

The ability to get what you want by tricking people

How Deceptive

deceitful

31 5.0

crafty

47 4.5

guileless

4 7.8

honest

∞ 1.0

sincere

239 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology