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1. naive
adjective. ['ˌnaɪˈiːv'] marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
Synonyms
- childlike
- simple
- fleeceable
- round-eyed
- green
- gullible
- innocent
- dewy-eyed
- ingenuous
- uninformed
- credulous
- unsophisticated
- naif
- wide-eyed
- unworldly
Antonyms
- incredulous
- sophisticated
- informed
- ripe
Etymology
- naïve (French)
- nativus (Latin)
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Rhymes with Naive
- preconceive
- misconceive
- satanjeev
- misperceive
- disbelieve
- vancleve
- tel-aviv
- maharive
- interweave
- interleave
- sanjiv
- retrieve
- reprieve
- mccleave
- conceive
- relieve
- receive
- rajiv
- perceive
- laneve
- geneve
- deceive
- believe
- aggrieve
- stieve
- steve
- sleeve
- shreve
- shreeve
- kleve
How do you pronounce naive?
Pronounce naive as naɪiv.
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Sentences with naive
1. Adjective
“To be naive sometimes takes you a long way,” says Slinning.
Quotes about naive
1. With me, what you see is what you get. Yes, call me naive, but I love life. I am happy, and for that, I make no apologies. I do like to see the best in people, and when someone is nice to my face, I tend to believe them.
- Joyce Giraud
2. Candidate Obama was either exceptionally naive or willfully disingenuous when he vowed to change the way Washington works. The very promise of Hope and Change was rooted in uprooting the Washington modus operandi. But instead of rejecting it, he embraced it all - the secrecy, the closed doors, the political favors, the near-criminal negligence.
- Reince Priebus
3. With me, what you see is what you get. Yes, call me naive, but I love life. I am happy, and for that, I make no apologies. I do like to see the best in people, and when someone is nice to my face, I tend to believe them.
- Joyce Giraud
2. naive
adjective. ['ˌnaɪˈiːv'] lacking information or instruction.
Synonyms
- uninstructed
- uninformed
Antonyms
- complex
- difficult
- simplicity
Etymology
- naïve (French)
- nativus (Latin)
3. naive
adjective. ['ˌnaɪˈiːv'] not initiated; deficient in relevant experience.
Synonyms
- uninitiated
- inexperient
- uninitiate
Antonyms
- precocious
- old
- compound
- rough
Etymology
- naïve (French)
- nativus (Latin)
4. naive
adjective. ['ˌnaɪˈiːv'] of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style.
Synonyms
- primitive
Antonyms
- rural area
- achromatic
Etymology
- naïve (French)
- nativus (Latin)
5. naive
adjective. ['ˌnaɪˈiːv'] inexperienced.
Synonyms
- unlearned
- innate
Antonyms
- fancy
- eyeless
- achromatic color
Etymology
- naïve (French)
- nativus (Latin)