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naive

/naɪˈiv/adjective2 syllables

Naive means: marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.

Synonyms for naive35

adjective, as in marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience

naif, childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple, credulous, fleeceable, green, gullible, innocent, ingenuous, simple-minded, unsophisticated, unworldly, uninformed

adjective, as in not initiated; deficient in relevant experience

uninitiate, uninitiated, inexperienced, inexperient

adjective, as in inexperienced

unconditioned, innate, unlearned

adjective, as in lacking information or instruction

uninstructed, unenlightened, uninformed

adjective, as in of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

primitive, untrained

also used for naive

artless, callow, verdant, clueless, cute, foppotee, guileless, jejune

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Opposites of naive

sophisticated

What does naive mean?5

adjective

1

marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience“a teenager's naive ignorance of life”

2

not initiated; deficient in relevant experience“it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes”

3

inexperienced

4

lacking information or instruction“lamentably unenlightened as to the laws”

5

of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style“primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with naive?13

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Naive in a sentence

  • If you're surprised by any of this, you were clearly very naive.rul
  • When she first saw the size of it, my naive girlfriend was blown away.Lachy
  • Stop slagging off my brilliant idea, it's not naive at all!unknown
  • He cheated on her, she is so naive.Aghanim
  • Get rid of those kinds of naive ideas.unknown
  • Layla was naive and she really didn't know the ways of the world.OsoHombre
  • The naive man was utterly embarrassed in her presence.rafmagon
  • Who gave you that naive piece of advice?victorromero85

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Forms of naive

as a adjective

comparative
naiver
superlative
naivest