ARTLESS Synonyms

• free of deceit

• not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; marked by truth

• without dissimulation; frank

• worthy of being depended on

• without pretensions

• not forged

• gained or earned without cheating or stealing

• free from evil or guilt

• a person who lacks knowledge of evil

• lacking intent or capacity to injure

• free from sin

• lacking in sophistication or worldliness

• not knowledgeable about something specified

• completely wanting or lacking

• (used of things) lacking sense or awareness

• marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience

• of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

• inexperienced

• lacking information or instruction

• not initiated; deficient in relevant experience

• in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

• existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation

• existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical

• (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone

• (of a parent or child) related by blood; genetically related

• someone regarded as certain to succeed

• a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat

• (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake

• functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies

• unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct

• (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes

• being talented through inherited qualities

• free from artificiality

• characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity

• free from ambiguity

• without evasion or compromise

• without concealment or deception; honest

• pointed directly ahead

• undergoing no change when acted upon

• emotionally unmoved

• free of artificiality; sincere and genuine

• unaware of or indifferent to

• not wise in the ways of the world

• lacking complexity

• awkwardly simple and provincial

• characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious

• lacking in sophistication or worldliness

• (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops

• (of persons) lacking art or knowledge

• characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes

• (of persons) lacking art or knowledge