different between ingenuous vs reserved

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ingenuus (“of noble character, frank”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?d??n.ju.?s/

Adjective

ingenuous (comparative more ingenuous, superlative most ingenuous)

1. Naive and trusting.
2. Demonstrating childlike simplicity.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 12

     "Do you mean to say you didn't leave your wife for another woman?"

     "Of course not."

     "On your word of honour?"

     I don't know why I asked for that. It was very ingenuous of me.

3. Unsophisticated; clumsy or obvious.
4. Unable to mask one's feelings.
5. Straightforward, candid, open, and frank.

Usage notes

Do not confuse with ingenious.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:naive

Antonyms

• disingenuous

Translations

Anagrams

• unigenous

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?vd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z??vd/
• Hyphenation: re?served

Verb

reserved

1. simple past tense and past participle of reserve

Adjective

reserved (comparative more reserved, superlative most reserved)

1. (comparable) Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

   He was a quiet, reserved person.

2. (not comparable) Set aside for a particular person or purpose.

   I'm sorry, sir, but these are reserved seats.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:taciturn

Derived terms

• reserved track
• reserved word (computing)

Related terms

• reservedly
• reservedness

Translations

See also

• shy

Anagrams

• deserver, reversed