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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aware experienced intelligent knowledgeable sophisticated

WEAK

leery skeptical wise

Example Sentences

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“I can’t believe you thought that the ocean was going to disappear. I mean—really! How could you be so naive?”

From Literature

“I’d be naive to think that everybody doesn’t understand that,” Sullivan said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Indisputably courageous, she is also young, naive and at times overmatched by circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times

"More naive. Everything became different. I became different."

From BBC

"I was naive, foolish, and gullible to put any trust in Jeffrey Epstein," he said.

From BBC