naif
Adjective
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Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience (synset 302279294)
"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"also:
- credulous - disposed to believe on little evidence
- uninformed - not informed; lacking in knowledge or information
- unworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations
similar to:- childlike, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, simple, wide-eyed - exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
- credulous - showing a lack of judgment or experience
- fleeceable, green, gullible - naive and easily deceived or tricked
- ingenuous, innocent - lacking in sophistication or worldliness
- simple-minded - lacking subtlety and insight
- unsophisticated, unworldly - not wise in the ways of the world
same as: naive
Noun
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A naive or inexperienced person (synset 110363852)
is a type of: inexperienced person, innocent - a person who lacks knowledge of evil
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