'artless' definitions:
Definition of 'artless'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" [syn: ingenuous, artless] [ant: artful, disingenuous]
adjective
Simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance" [ant: artful]
adjective
Showing lack of art; "an artless translation"
adjective
(of persons) lacking art or knowledge [syn: artless, uncultivated, uncultured]
Synonyms of 'artless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboveboard,
- arty,
- awkward,
- befoolable,
- big,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- born yesterday,
- broad,
- brusque,
- bungling,
- candid,
- childlike,
- clumsy,
- confiding,
- crude,
- direct,
- downright,
- explicit,
- foolable,
- forthright,
- frank,
- frankhearted,
- free,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- free-tongued,
- genuine,
- green,
- guileless,
- gullible,
- half-assed,
- heart-to-heart,
- high-sounding,
- honest,
- humble,
- imposing,
- in the raw,
- inadept,
- inapt,
- inartificial,
- inattentive,
- incompetent,
- inefficient,
- inept,
- inexperienced,
- inexpert,
- ingenu,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- mediocre,
- naive,
- native,
- natural,
- on the level,
- open,
- openhearted,
- ordinary,
- outspoken,
- overblown,
- pedestrian,
- plain,
- plain-spoken,
- poor,
- primitive,
- pristine,
- relaxed,
- round,
- simple,
- simplehearted,
- simpleminded,
- sincere,
- single-hearted,
- single-minded,
- skill-less,
- straight,
- straight-out,
- straightforward,
- thoughtless,
- transparent,
- true,
- trustful,
- trusting,
- unaffected,
- unapt,
- unartificial,
- unassuming,
- unchecked,
- uncomplicated,
- unconstrained,
- undeceptive,
- undeft,
- undexterous,
- undextrous,
- unequivocal,
- unfacile,
- unguarded,
- unintelligent,
- unpretentious,
- unproficient,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unschooled,
- unskilled,
- unskillful,
- unsophisticated,
- unstudied,
- unsullied,
- unsuspicious,
- untalented,
- untouched,
- unwary,
- virgin,
- virginal