Roget's Thesaurus

#703. Artlessness

Nouns

artlessness etc. adj.; nature, simplicity; innocence etc. 946; bonhomie, naivete, abandon, candor, sincerity; singleness of purpose, singleness of heart; honesty etc. 939; plain speaking; epanchement [Fr.]. rough diamond, matter of fact man; le palais de verite [Fr.]; enfant terrible [Fr.].

Verbs

be artless etc. adj.; look one in the face; wear one's heart upon his sleeves for daws to peck at; think aloud; speak out, speak one's mind; be free with one, call a spade a spade.

Adjectives

artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu, unaffected, naive; sincere, frank; open, open as day; candid, ingenuous, guileless; unsuspicious, honest etc. 939; innocent etc. 946; Arcadian; undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard; simple-minded, single-minded; frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted. free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken; blunt, downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical; unflattering.

Adverbs

in plain words, in plain English; without mincing the matter; not to mince the matter etc. (affirmation) 535.

Phrases

Davus sum non Oedipus [Lat.] [Terence]; liberavi animam meam [Lat.]; as frank as rain on cherry blossoms [E.B. Browning].