naive

Meaning

Adj

1. Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
2. Not having been exposed to something.
3. Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
4. Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.

Noun

A naive person; a greenhorn.

Synonyms

innocent

😇

simple

unsophisticated

ingenuous

artless

gullible

guileless

simple-minded

naïve

naif

pure

childish

simple-hearted

uninstructed

honest

unsuspecting

unaffected

plain

green

candid

unenlightened

unexperienced

primitive

provincial

uninitiate

uninitiated

simpleminded

unworldly

simpleton

sincere

analphabetic

stupid

childlike

ignorant

inexperienced

natural

not guilty

novice

oblivious

openhearted

puerile

silly

simplex

single

slow

slow-witted

sober

susceptible

teenage

trusting

truthful

unadvised

unaware

unconscious

underived

unfamiliar

uninformed

unintentionally

unknowing

unlettered

unreserved

unsuspicious

untutored

unwitting

wet behind the ears

born yesterday

country bumpkin

fleeceable

frank

overly optimistic

soft on

ruggedly honest

rustic simplicity

inncocent

plain and simple

not skillful

very simple

wide eyed

affable

inartful

amateur

babyish

basic

benighted

boor

childishly

clean

common

complacence

credulous

crude

dark

dewy-eyed

dim

easy-going

filial

fool

foolish

forthright

generous

genuine

girlish

good-natured

gross

hick

homeliness

incognizant

indulgent

infantile

infantine

jejune

kiddy

lowly

moderate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/naɪˈiːv/

Etymology

Borrowed from French naïve, feminine form of naïf, from Latin nativus (“native, natural”). Doublet of native.