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• child´like´ness — child|like «CHYLD LYK», adjective. 1. like a child; innocent; frank; simple: »The old man enjoyed the prank in childlike glee. SYNONYM(S): ingenuous, artless. 2. like that or those of a child; characteristic of a child: »a childlike directness of …   Useful english dictionary

• child|like — «CHYLD LYK», adjective. 1. like a child; innocent; frank; simple: »The old man enjoyed the prank in childlike glee. SYNONYM(S): ingenuous, artless. 2. like that or those of a child; characteristic of a child: »a childlike directness of speech …   Useful english dictionary

• ingenious, ingenuous, naïve — Ingenious means inventive, resourceful, talented, imaginative. Ingenuous means naïve, frank, unsophisticated, artless. Alex s suggested solution is ingenious. She is an ingenuous little child. Naïve (correctly spelled with a dieresis over the i… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• in|gen´ious|ness — in|gen|ious «ihn JEEN yuhs», adjective. 1. skillful in making; good at inventing; clever: »The ingenious boy made a radio set for himself. SYNONYM(S): inventive, resourceful. See syn. under clever. (Cf. ↑clever) 2. cleverly planned and made:… …   Useful english dictionary

• in|gen´ious|ly — in|gen|ious «ihn JEEN yuhs», adjective. 1. skillful in making; good at inventing; clever: »The ingenious boy made a radio set for himself. SYNONYM(S): inventive, resourceful. See syn. under clever. (Cf. ↑clever) 2. cleverly planned and made:… …   Useful english dictionary

• in|gen|ious — «ihn JEEN yuhs», adjective. 1. skillful in making; good at inventing; clever: »The ingenious boy made a radio set for himself. SYNONYM(S): inventive, resourceful. See syn. under clever. (Cf. ↑clever) 2. cleverly planned and made: »This trap made… …   Useful english dictionary

• naive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ingenuous, unsophisticated, unworldly, artless. See simpleness, credulity. Ant., knowing, sophisticated. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ingenuous, artless, unsophisticated, unaffected, innocent, simple …   English dictionary for students

• gullible — adjective he was a swindler who preyed on gullible elderly widows Syn: credulous, naive, overtrusting, overtrustful, easily deceived, easily taken in, exploitable, dupable, impressionable, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, ingenuous, innocent,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• natural — adj 1 *regular, normal, typical Analogous words: ordinary, *common, familiar: *usual, customary, habitual, accustomed, wonted Antonyms: unnatural: artificial: adventitious 2 Natural, simple, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated, artless, unaffected… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• innocent — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not guilty] Syn. guiltless, blameless, inculpable, impeccable, faultless, unoffending, free of, uninvolved, honest, above suspicion, clean*, in the clear*; see also reliable 1 , upright 2 . Ant. guilty*, culpable,… …   English dictionary for students

• Gottfried Helnwein — (born October 8, 1948 in Vienna) is an Austrian Irish fine artist, painter, photographer, installation and performance artist.WorkHelnwein studied at the University of Visual Art in Vienna ( de. Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien). He was… …   Wikipedia