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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 definition: 1. too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, that people's intentions in general…. Learn more.
The meaning of NAIVE is marked by unaffected simplicity : artless, ingenuous. How to use naive in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Naive.
NAIVE meaning: 1. too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, that people's intentions in general…. Learn more.
1 day ago · naive (comparative more naive, superlative most naive) Lacking worldly experience , wisdom , or judgement ; unsophisticated . 1965 , Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics and music), “Going on Seventeen”, in The Sound of Music [1] :
naive - 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"
Naive definition: having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous. See examples of NAIVE used in a sentence.
Synonyms for NAIVE: innocent, inexperienced, simple, unsophisticated, immature, ingenuous, uncritical, trustful; Antonyms of NAIVE: sophisticated, cynical, experienced, worldly, knowing, skeptical, cosmopolitan, critical.
If you describe someone as naive, you think they lack experience, causing them to expect things to be uncomplicated or easy, or people to be honest or kind when they are not.
Definition of naive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
