Naive

Quick meaning: Naive is an adjective meaning Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.

Meaning

Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.

More Meanings

1. Not having been exposed to something.
2. (of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
3. (computing) Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.
4. A naive person; a greenhorn.

Example Sentences

I am sixteen going on seventeen, I know that I'm naive

By 1921 when Miró painted his key work, naive painting had been recognized by the avantgarde art world as a genre in its own right.

As a seasoned woman—of nineteen—I felt it was my place to tell each of these naïves that such plans were easier made than followed.

Animals entering shelters are either (a) immunologically naïve and susceptible to infection and development of disease if exposed to pathogens; (b) already immune […]

Word Forms

• naiver
• naivest
• naiive
• naives

Synonyms for naive

Depending on context, synonyms include artless, callow, childlike, verdant, clueless, credulous.

Antonyms for naive

Common opposites include affected, mature, nuanced, pretentious, sophisticated, wily.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ignorant, inexperienced, childlike, unsophisticated, ingenuous, artless.

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