All ingenue synonyms

noun ingenue

• star — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
• artist — An artist is someone who draws or paints pictures or creates sculptures as a job or a hobby.
• character — The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
• clown — A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh.
• player — Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.
• villain — a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel.
• comedian — A comedian is an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories.
• performer — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
• learner — a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
• colt — A colt is a young male horse.
• novice — a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro: a novice in politics.
• recruit — a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
• neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
• virgin — a person who has never had sexual intercourse.
• newcomer — a person or thing that has recently arrived; new arrival: She is a newcomer to our city. The firm is a newcomer in the field of advertising.
• hayseed — grass seed, especially that shaken out of hay.
• simpleton — an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.
• babe — Some people use babe as an affectionate way of addressing someone they love.
• tyro — a beginner in learning anything; novice.
• apprentice — An apprentice is a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill.
• naif — a naive or inexperienced person.
• thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
• impersonator — a person who pretends to be another.
• amateur — An amateur is someone who does something as a hobby and not as a job.
• ham — the second son of Noah, Gen. 10:1.
• lead — to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
• understudy — to learn (a role) in order to replace the regular actor or actress when necessary.
• mimic — to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
• foil — to cover or back with foil.
• mime — the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
• idol — an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
• stooge — an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
• trouper — an actor, especially a member of a touring company.
• stand-in — a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
• walk-on — Also called walking part. a small part in a play or other entertainment, especially one without speaking lines. Compare bit2 (def 6).
• pantomimist — a person who acts in pantomime.
• ventriloquist — a person who performs or is skilled in ventriloquism.
• headliner — a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
• barnstormer — to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
• soubrette — a maidservant or lady's maid in a play, opera, or the like, especially one displaying coquetry, pertness, and a tendency to engage in intrigue.
• rube — Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
• tenderfoot — a raw, inexperienced person; novice.
• beginner — A beginner is someone who has just started learning to do something and cannot do it very well yet.
• innocent — free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.
• child — A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
• dupe — duplicate.
• greenhorn — an untrained or inexperienced person.
• gull — a person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe.
• sucker — a person or thing that sucks.
• victim — a person who suffers from a destructive or injurious action or agency: a victim of an automobile accident.