naive
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: naif -
Of or created by one without formal training;
Simple or naive in style (synset 301919239)"primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"referred to in: beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of artsimilar to: untrained - not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by trainingsame as: primitive - Inexperienced (synset 301641513)
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Lacking information or instruction (synset 301312612)
"lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"similar to: uninformed - not informed; lacking in knowledge or informationsame as: unenlightened, uninstructed
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Not initiated;
Deficient in relevant experience (synset 300940610)"it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject"similar to: inexperienced, inexperient - lacking practical experience or trainingsame as: uninitiate, uninitiated
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