English adjective: naif | |||
1. | naif 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 | naive | ||
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 | ||
English noun: naif | |||
1. | naif (person) a naive or inexperienced person | ||
Broader (hypernym) | inexperienced person, innocent | ||