Naive

Adjective

 * 1) Lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement.
 * Surely you're not naive enough to believe adverts!
 * 1)  Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
 * I've always liked the naive way in which he ignores all the background detail.

Synonyms

 * see WikiSaurus:naive

Antonyms

 * see WikiSaurus:naive

Derived terms

 * naively
 * naivete
 * naivety
 * naiveness

Related terms

 * naif
 * naïf



Adverbs for Naive
charmingly;  unexpectedly;   Ingenuously; quaintly; childishly; incredibly; pitifully; pathetically; absurdly; ridiculously; laughably; ludicrously; unaccountably; inexplicably; surprisingly; sweetly; obviously; overwhelmingly; plainly; disarmingly; delightfully; refreshingly; cheerfully; unsuspiciously; utterly.

Thesaurus
artless, awkward, befoolable, blankminded, bluff, blunt, born yesterday, budding, callow, candid, childlike, confiding, credulous, cullible, deceivable, deludable, dependent, depending, dewy, direct, dumb, dupable, easy, empty, empty-headed, exploitable, foolable, frank, fresh, gauche, green, groping, growing, guileless, gullible, hoaxable, hoodwinkable, humbugable, ignorant, immature, impubic, inane, inexperienced, ingenu, ingenuous, innocent, intact, juicy, know-nothing, minor, nescient, new-fledged, open, openhearted, original, outspoken, persuadable, plain, raw, reliant, relying, ripening, sappy, seduceable, simple, simplehearted, simpleminded, sincere, single-hearted, single-minded, soft, strange to, susceptible, tender, tentative, trustful, trusting, trusty, unacquainted, unadult, unaffected, unapprized, unartificial, uncomprehending, unconversant, underage, undeveloped, unenlightened, unfamiliar, unfledged, unformed, unguarded, unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, unintelligent, unknowing, unlicked, unmellowed, unposted, unreserved, unripe, unschooled, unseasoned, unsophisticated, unstudied, unsure, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unversed, unwary, vacuous, vernal, victimizable, virginal, without suspicion

Alternative forms

 * naïve

Etymology
From naïve:, from  nativus:.

Translations

 * Arabic: ساذج
 * Armenian:, պարզամիտ
 * Bulgarian: наивен
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: naïef
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: unbefangen,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian: naiv
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:, あどけない
 * Korean: 순진한, 우직한, 박직한
 * Lao: ໄຮ້ດຽງສາ
 * Latin: ,
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese: ingênuo
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: наиван
 * Roman: naivan
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:



Anagrams

 * naevi, navie