innocent
225
2.9
- adjective
- /ˈɪnəsənt/
:
ingenuo
- As a child, she had an innocent curiosity about everything around her.
- innocent children
- an innocent girl
- with innocent eyes
You know, that that youthful, idealistic, innocent view of the world is gone.
- You know, that that youthful, idealistic, innocent view of the world is gone.
- But at the time it felt very innocent and exciting and fun.
- Like it's everything that innocent child has ever wanted to hear.
- Well, because I think that I was lucky and innocent when I did it, Sean.
- He wants her always to be an innocent young girl, never to become a woman.
- How can a life that started so innocent and in the manner that so many do?
- It was just waiting for innocent Justin Timberlake to like stumble into the trap.
- The character of Momo Kawanigare Momo, so innocent and childlike.
- I mourn her because that part of me was so innocent.
- You're you're more of like a like innocent like yeah, let's just do it.
- It's this woman's imagination, and even beyond an innocent imagination, it's this woman's.
Examples
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Yeah, no, shame in asking an innocent question.
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You know, that that youthful, idealistic, innocent view of the world is gone.
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But at the time it felt very innocent and exciting and fun.
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Like it's everything that innocent child has ever wanted to hear.
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I think just I was very innocent back then.
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Maybe I asked the odd innocent question, sir.
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Her eyes are so innocent.
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They look more innocent because their face seems more like a child.
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You're so sweet, such a sweet, innocent little girl.
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In the meantime, the innocent may have only their willpower to rely on.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
367
3.7
Not knowing about something or how it works
312
4.1
Not experienced and too ready to trust others
53
4.2
Not aware that someone might harm or trick you
44
7.7
Having childlike trust and little experience of life
10
4.7
A person who has little experience of the world and seems naive
3
7.9
Open and honest, without hiding what they feel or want
Antonyms
How Naive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Innocent comes from Latin parts in- 'not' and nocere 'to harm', so you can think of an innocent person as someone who has 'not known harm', which helps explain the meaning 'naive' or lacking experience.