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wide-eyed
[wahyd-ahyd] 
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| Main Entry: |
dewy-eyed
[doo-ee-ahyd, dyoo-]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | innocent |
| Synonyms: | dovelike, green, inexperienced, naive, pure, sinless, uncorrupted, undefiled, unworldly, wide-eyed |
| Main Entry: | innocent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmless, naive |
| Synonyms: | artless, childlike, credulous, frank, fresh, guileless, gullible, hurtless, ignorant, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocuous, innoxious, inobnoxious, inoffensive, offenseless, open, raw, safe, simple, soft, square, unacquainted, unartificial, uncool, unfamiliar, unhurtful, uninjurious, unmalicious, unobjectionable, unoffensive, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, unsuspicious, unworldly, well-intentioned, wellmeant, wide-eyed, youthful |
| Antonyms: | cunning, experienced, impure, knowledgeable |
| Main Entry: | naive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | childlike, trusting |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, artless, callow, candid, confiding, countrified, credulous, forthright, frank, fresh, green*, guileless, gullible, harmless, ignorant, impulsive, ingenuous, innocent, innocuous, instinctive, jejune, lamb, like a babe in the woods, natural, open, original, patsy, plain, simple, simple-minded, sincere, spontaneous, square, sucker, unaffected, unjaded, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, untaught, unworldly, virgin, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | experienced, leery, skeptical, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | virginal, chaste |
| Synonyms: | babe in woods, blameless, celibate, clean, continent, decent, exemplary, fresh, good, guileless, honest, immaculate, inculpable, innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, kid, lily white, maidenly, modest, pure as driven snow, righteous, sinless, spotless, stainless, true, unblemished, unblighted, uncorrupted, undefiled, unprofaned, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, upright, virgin, virtuous, wet behind ears, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, dirty, immodest, indecent, obscene, unchaste, vulgar |
| Main Entry: | unsophisticated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | natural, simple |
| Synonyms: | artless, authentic, bush-league, callow, childlike, clean, cornball, corny*, crude, folksy, genuine, green*, guileless, homey, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, kid*, naive, plain, pure, raw, rookie, straightforward, unadulterated, unaffected, unartificial, uncomplicated, uninvolved, unrefined, unschooled, unstudied, untutored, unworldly, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | cultured, experienced, refined, sophisticated, upper-class, worldly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unworldly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not sophisticated; inexperienced |
| Synonyms: | artless, babe in woods, clean, corn-fed, country, folksy, green*, idealistic, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, raw*, simple, trusting, unaffected, unartificial, uncool, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | cultured, experienced, refined, sophisticated, worldly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wide-awake |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fully awake |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, all ears, attentive, bright, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fast on the draw, heads up, intelligent, lively, on guard, on one's toes, on one's toes, on the ball, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, psyched up, quick, ready, sharp, spirited, vigilant, watchful, wide-eyed, wired |
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