naive
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- gullible, callow, credulous, green, unsuspicious, wet behind the ears (informal)
- innocent, artless, guileless, ingenuous, open, simple, trusting, unsophisticated, unworldly

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Antonyms: sophisticated
Related Words: fresh, original

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

na‧ive /naɪˈiːv/ adjective
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: naïve, feminine of naïf, from Latin nativus; ⇒ native¹]
not having much experience of how complicated life is, so that you trust people too much and believe that good things will always happen ⇒ innocent:
a naive young girl
Jim can be so naive sometimes.
it is naive to think/suppose/assume etc
It would be naive to think that this could solve all the area’s problems straight away.
—naively adverb:
I had naively imagined that he was in love with me.
—naivety /naɪˈiːvəti/ (also naiveté /naɪˈiːvəteɪ/) noun [uncountable]:
dangerous political naivety

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

naive
adj.
VERBS appear, be, prove, seem, sound | regard sth as He regarded the move as politically naive.
ADV. extremely, incredibly, very | a bit, fairly, a little, rather, slightly, somewhat | politically

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