guileless
adjective
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Synonyms & Antonyms for guileless
Synonyms
artless, genuine, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), natural, real, simple, sincere, true, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious
Antonyms
affected, artful, artificial, assuming, dishonest, dissembling, dissimulating, fake, false, guileful, insincere, phony (also phoney), pretentious
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All the actors except for Curry double: Roz White and William T, Newman Jr. are particularly enjoyable as Undine’s guileless parents, and Aakhu TuahNera Freeman ably blends sweetness and flintiness as Undine’s not-so-innocent grandmother. — Celia Wren, Washington Post, "Lynn Nottage’s comic ‘Fabulation’ maps a slide down the social ladder," 28 Aug. 2019 Her Dora is utterly guileless, open, happy and lacks any trace of irony. — Randy Cordova, Detroit Free Press, "Live-action Dora the Explorer movie is surprisingly good," 8 Aug. 2019 Yet this farcical tale is swallowed whole along with the meal by the hapless, guileless youths. — Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, "Theater review: Lots of reasons to experience ‘Archduke’," 13 June 2019 Molly is sincere and guileless, a true foil for steely and withering Katherine. — Barbara Vandenburgh, azcentral, "Emma Thompson makes ‘Late Night’ worth staying up for – almost single-handedly," 10 June 2019 There is something almost dialectical about the contrast between the parents on one hand and Nancy on the other, between Cameron and Buscemi’s open, guileless performances and Riseborough’s flat, affectless line readings. — Justin Chang, latimes.com, "Andrea Riseborough brings complexity to an emotional void in the melancholic 'Nancy'," 7 June 2018 And then there’s Faith, whose demand that the world give her the chance to be one of its conquering heroes is the definition of a certain kind of ambition — graceful, guileless and vaguely sinister. — Lena Dunham, New York Times, "Meg Wolitzer’s New Novel Takes On the Politics of Women’s Mentorship," 29 Mar. 2018 At the start of the season, Ruth, in a guileless effort to advocate for her coworkers, appeals to Sam. — Rachel Vorona Cote, The New Republic, "In GLOW, Who Gets To Be Empowered?," 28 June 2018 Brayden, a rich-voiced British actress, easily conveys Pearl’s self-conscious angst, while Platt’s Walker has a gentle ease, without Mortensen’s guileless charm. — SFChronicle.com, "World premiere musical ‘Walk on the Moon’ in S.F. mostly captures spirit of 1969," 16 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'guileless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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guileless
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