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naive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | naif |
| Derivation | naiveness |
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.
naive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | unenlightened, uninstructed |
| Derivation | naiveness |
naive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | primitive |
naive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | uninitiate, uninitiated |
| Derivation | naiveness |
he took part in the experiment as a naive subject.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | naiveness |
Examples of naive
naive
Expecting our government to do anything to help in real terms is naive, at best.
From the guardian.co.uk
No doubt many will end up working for the BBC, peddling such naive bunk as this.
From the bbc.co.uk
Katy Grantham was also suffienciently naive yet fulsome as his daughter Miranda.
From the harrowtimes.co.uk
This article is so naive and a rather desperate way to try and drum up business.
From the advertising.scoop.co.nz
I don't believe US companies should be so naive to hand over all this knowledge.
From the latimes.com
I was extremely naive and had a sense that this couldn't have possibly happened.
From the post-gazette.com
Naive, perhaps, in the belief that the lender has their best interests at heart.
From the businessweek.com
It was quite instinctual, because I was so naive and I felt I could go anywhere.
From the signonsandiego.com
He's comfortable in his new role, but his teammates know he's not naive, either.
From the denverpost.com
- 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"
- Primitive: of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"
- Inexperienced
- Uninstructed: lacking information or instruction; "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"
- Uninitiate: not initiated; deficient in relevant experience; "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject"
- (naively) in a naive manner; "he believed, naively, that she would leave him her money"
- (naiveness) naivete: lack of sophistication or worldliness
- Naivety (or nau00EFvety or nau00EFvetu00E9) is the state of being nau00EFve, that is to say, having or showing a lack of experience, understanding or sophistication, often in a context where one neglects pragmatism in favor of moral idealism. One who is "nau00EFve" may be called a nau00EFf.
- Naive is the third and last album of synthpop/post-punk band Dalek I Love You, that time also credited as Dalek I, as in the 1980 debut album Compass Kumpas. It was released only on cassette by Alan Gill's own label, Bop a Dub, in May 1986 . ...
