Ingenue

Noun

 * 1) An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.
 * 2) A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role.

Related terms

 * ingenuous

Adjectives for Ingenue
raw; artless; guileless.

Thesaurus
Roscius, actor, actress, antagonist, antihero, babe, bad guy, barnstormer, bit, bit part, cast, character, character actor, character man, character woman, child, child actor, child of nature, cue, diseur, diseuse, dove, dramatizer, dupe, fat part, feeder, foil, heavy, hero, heroine, hick, histrio, histrion, infant, innocent, juvenile, lamb, lead, lead role, leading lady, leading man, leading woman, lines, lout, matinee idol, mere child, mime, mimer, mimic, monologist, mummer, noble savage, oaf, pantomime, pantomimist, part, person, personage, piece, playactor, player, protagonist, protean actor, reciter, role, rube, side, simple soul, soubrette, stage performer, stage player, stooge, straight man, straight part, stroller, strolling player, supporting character, supporting role, theatrical, thespian, title role, trouper, unsophisticate, utility man, villain, walk-on, walking part, yokel

Etymology
From the word ingénue, the feminine form of ingénu (meaning “guileless”), originally from the  word ingenuus (meaning “ingenuous”).

Anagrams

 * genuine
 * Guienne

Adjective
ingenue



Noun
ingenue



Anagrams

 * genuine