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- DictionaryNa·ive/näˈēv/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment: "the rather naive young man had been totally misled"
The meaning of NAIVE is marked by unaffected simplicity : artless, ingenuous. How to use naive in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Naive.
too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, that people's intentions in general are good, or that life is simple and fair. People are often naive because they are young and/or have not had much experience of life: She was very naive to believe that he'd stay with her.
too ready to believe someone or something, or to trust that someone’s intentions are good, esp. because of a lack of experience: It was naive of her to think that she would ever get her money back.
Naive definition: having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous. See examples of NAIVE used in a sentence.
Synonyms for NAIVE: innocent, inexperienced, simple, unsophisticated, immature, ingenuous, uncritical, trustful; Antonyms of NAIVE: sophisticated, cynical, experienced, worldly, knowing, skeptical, cosmopolitan, critical.
adjective. marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience. “a teenager's naive ignorance of life”. “the naive assumption that things can only get better”. “this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances”. synonyms: naif. credulous.
adjective. /naɪˈiːv/. /naɪˈiːv/. (also naïve) (disapproving) (of a person or action) not showing enough knowledge, good judgement or experience of life; too willing to believe that people always tell you the truth. to be politically naive.
