guileless

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈgaɪlləs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(gīl′lis)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
guile•less  (gīl′lis),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. free from guile;
    sincere;
    honest;
    straightforward;
    frank.
  • guile + -less 1720–30
guile′less•ly, adv. 
guile′less•ness, n. 
    artless, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
guileless / ˈɡaɪllɪs/
  1. free from guile; ingenuous
ˈguilelesslyˈguilelessness
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
guile /gaɪl/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. slyness or cunning in reaching a goal;
    crafty or artful deception;
    duplicity.
guile•ful, adj. 
guile•less, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
guile  (gīl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. insidious cunning in attaining a goal;
    crafty or artful deception;
    duplicity.
  • Gmc; akin to wile
  • Old French
  • Middle English 1175–1225
    trickery, fraud, craft. See deceit. 
'guileless' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
artless - childlike - cornfed - ingenuous - innocent - naive - purehearted - simple - sincere - unaffected - unguarded - unreserved
Synonyms: naive, more...

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