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- Dictionarynaive/nʌɪˈiːv/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement: "the rather naive young man had been totally misled"
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Naive means too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, that people's intentions in general are good, or that life is simple and fair. Learn more about the meaning, usage and pronunciation of naive, and see examples and translations in different languages.
Learn the meaning of naive, a word that can describe someone who is simple, innocent, or credulous. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related terms for naive.
Naive means too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, that people's intentions in general are good, or that life is simple and fair. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see examples and translations in other languages.
Naive definition: having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous. See examples of NAIVE used in a sentence.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation, synonyms, and examples of the adjective 'naive', which means lacking experience or wisdom. Compare with 'ingenuous' and 'artless'.
adjective. 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: naif. credulous.
(disapproving) (of a person or action) not showing enough knowledge, good judgement or experience of life; too willing to believe that people always tell you the truth. to be politically naive. I can't believe you were so naive as to trust him! a naive question. It would be naive to imagine there is no risk involved. Wordfinder. Extra Examples.
