About The Word Naive
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Naive
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What's The Definition Of Naive?
[adj] lacking sophistication
[adj] lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen" [adj] marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" Synonyms | Synonyms for Naive: artless | callow | childlike | credulous | dewy-eyed | fleeceable | green | gullible | ignorant | immature | inexperienced | ingenuous | innocent | naif | simple | simple-minded | unsophisticated | unworldly | wide-eyed Related Terms | Find terms related to Naive: artless | awkward | befoolable | blankminded | bluff | blunt | born yesterday | budding | callow | candid | childlike | confiding | credulous | cullible | deceivable | deludable | dependent | depending | dewy | direct | dumb | dupable | easy | empty | empty-headed | exploitable | foolable | frank | fresh | gauche | green | groping | growing | guileless | gullible | hoaxable | hoodwinkable | humbugable | ignorant | immature | impubic | inane | inexperienced | ingenu | ingenuous | innocent | intact | juicy | know-nothing | minor | nescient | new-fledged | open | openhearted | original | outspoken | persuadable | plain | raw | reliant | relying | ripening | sappy | seduceable | simple | simplehearted | simpleminded | sincere | single-hearted | single-minded | soft | strange to | susceptible | tender | tentative | trustful | trusting | trusty | unacquainted | unadult | unaffected | unapprized | unartificial | uncomprehending | unconversant | underage | undeveloped | unenlightened | unfamiliar | unfledged | unformed | unguarded | unilluminated | uninformed | uninitiated | unintelligent | unknowing | unlicked | unmellowed | unposted | unreserved | unripe | unschooled | unseasoned | unsophisticated | unstudied | unsure | unsuspecting | unsuspicious | unversed | unwary | vacuous | vernal | victimizable | virginal | without suspicion See Also | uninformed Naive In Webster's Dictionary \Na"["i]ve`\, a. [F. na["i]f, fem. na["i]ve, fr. L.
nativus innate, natural, native. See {Native}, and cf.
{Na["i]f}.]
Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless;
frank; as, na["i]ve manners; a na["i]ve person; na["i]ve and
unsophisticated remarks.
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