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English adjective: naive | |||
| 1. | naive marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience | ||
| Samples | 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 | naif | ||
| Similar | childlike, credulous, dewy-eyed, fleeceable, green, gullible, ingenuous, innocent, round-eyed, simple, simple-minded, unsophisticated, unworldly, wide-eyed | ||
| See also | credulous, uninformed, unworldly | ||
| Antonyms | sophisticated | ||
| 2. | naive of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style | ||
| Samples | Primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking. | ||
| Synonyms | primitive | ||
| Similar | untrained | ||
| Domain category | beaux arts, fine arts | ||
| Antonyms | trained | ||
| 3. | naive inexperienced | ||
| Similar | innate, unconditioned, unlearned | ||
| Antonyms | conditioned, learned | ||
| 4. | naive lacking information or instruction | ||
| Samples | Lamentably unenlightened as to the laws. | ||
| Synonyms | unenlightened, uninstructed | ||
| Similar | uninformed | ||
| Antonyms | informed | ||
| 5. | naive not initiated; deficient in relevant experience | ||
| Samples | It seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes. He took part in the experiment as a naive subject. | ||
| Synonyms | uninitiate, uninitiated | ||
| Similar | inexperienced, inexperient | ||
| Antonyms | experienced, experient | ||
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