adjective
1. marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience (Freq. 6)
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a teenager's naive ignorance of life
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the naive assumption that things can only get better
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this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances
• Syn: ↑naif
• Ant: ↑sophisticated
• Similar to:
↑childlike, ↑wide-eyed, ↑round-eyed, ↑dewy-eyed, ↑simple, ↑credulous, ↑fleeceable, ↑green, ↑gullible, ↑innocent, ↑ingenuous, ↑simple-minded, ↑unsophisticated, ↑unworldly
• See Also: ↑credulous, ↑uninformed, ↑unworldly
• Derivationally related forms: ↑naiveness
2. of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
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primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking
• Syn: ↑primitive
• Similar to: ↑untrained
• Topics: ↑fine arts, ↑beaux arts
3. inexperienced
• Similar to: ↑unconditioned, ↑innate, ↑unlearned
• Derivationally related forms: ↑naiveness
4. lacking information or instruction
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lamentably unenlightened as to the laws
• Syn: ↑uninstructed, ↑unenlightened
• Similar to: ↑uninformed
• Derivationally related forms: ↑naiveness
5. not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
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it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes
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he took part in the experiment as a naive subject
• Syn: ↑uninitiate, ↑uninitiated
• Similar to: ↑inexperienced, ↑inexperient
• Derivationally related forms: ↑naiveness, ↑uninitiate (for: ↑uninitiate)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.