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naive
[ nah-eev ]
adjective
- having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous:
She's so naive she believes everything she reads.
He has a very naive attitude toward politics.
- having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
Synonyms: plain, open, candid, guileless, artless, unaffected, simple
Antonyms: artful, sophisticated
- having or marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training or technique:
valuable naive 19th-century American portrait paintings.
- not having previously been the subject of a scientific experiment, as an animal.
naive
/ naɪˈiːv /
adjective
- having or expressing innocence and credulity; ingenuous
- ( as collective noun; preceded by the )
only the naive believed him
- artless or unsophisticated
- lacking developed powers of analysis, reasoning, or criticism
a naive argument
- another word for primitive
noun
- rare.a person who is naive, esp in artistic style See primitive
Usage Note
Derived Forms
- naˈiveness, noun
- naˈively, adverb
Other Words From
- na·ive·ly adverb
- na·ive·ness noun
- un·na·ive adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of naive1
Example Sentences
“I thought: What next? I’d hit the heights. I thought I’d done everything there was to do — of course I hadn’t, but I didn’t realize it, because I was young, I was naive.”
"Call me naive, but I believe I am the right guy at the right time. I truly believe I am the right guy."
“The idea to kick out money out of politics was naive,” the 40-year-old told me earlier that day.
Lurie he said he isn’t naive about the challenges ahead, or how difficult the job might get.
“I know it sounds so simple and naive, but I don’t understand how the bad guy keeps winning,” she says, choking up, her soft voice tinged with disbelief.
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