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naïve

[nah-eev] / nɑˈiv /
ADJECTIVE
naive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ignorant innocent simple sincere unsophisticated wide-eyed
WEAK
aboveboard artless callow candid confiding countrified credulous forthright frank fresh green guileless gullible harmless impulsive ingenuous innocuous instinctive jejune lamb like a babe in the woods natural open original patsy plain simple-minded spontaneous square sucker unaffected unjaded unpretentious unschooled unsuspecting unsuspicious untaught unworldly virgin
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aware experienced intelligent knowledgeable sophisticated
WEAK
leery skeptical wise
naive
ADJECTIVE
childlike, trusting
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ignorant innocent simple sincere unsophisticated wide-eyed
WEAK
aboveboard artless callow candid confiding countrified credulous forthright frank fresh green guileless gullible harmless impulsive ingenuous innocuous instinctive jejune lamb like a babe in the woods natural open original patsy plain simple-minded spontaneous square sucker unaffected unjaded unpretentious unschooled unsuspecting unsuspicious untaught unworldly virgin
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aware experienced intelligent knowledgeable sophisticated
WEAK
leery skeptical wise

Example Sentences

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“I didn’t go into my relationship with him blind. I am neither naive nor am I complicit,” she said, adding she and her husband discussed those claims.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

A self-assured, naive young woman joins a dysfunctional theater company in Beryl Bainbridge’s darkly comic novel of mishaps and maturity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"Pakistan could be susceptible to allegations that it was naive," he says of that scenario.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

It would be naive to say that wasn’t an accelerant.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

At first I was naive, and assumed that brothers and sisters were natural allies, instant companions.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

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