All artless synonyms
art·less
A a adj artless
- ingenuous — free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
- direct — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- genuine — possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real: genuine sympathy; a genuine antique.
- guileless — free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.
- honest — honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair: an honest person.
- innocent — free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.
- naive — having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- natural — existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- plain — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- pure — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
- sincere — free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology.
- straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- unadorned — to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments: garlands of flowers adorning their hair.
- unaffected — not affected, acted upon, or influenced; unchanged; unaltered: The laboratory clock remained accurate, unaffected by the explosion.
- unpretentious — not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort.
- unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- up front — of or relating to the front.
- true — being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false: a true story.
- uncontrived — obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained: a contrived story.