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Definitions for Naive

[1] having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
[2] having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous: She's so naive she believes everything she reads. He has a very naive attitude toward politics.
[3] having or marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training or technique: valuable naive 19th-century American portrait paintings.
[4] not having previously been the subject of a scientific experiment, as an animal.
[5] having or expressing innocence and credulity; ingenuous (as collective noun; preceded by the ) only the naive believed him
[6] artless or unsophisticated
[7] lacking developed powers of analysis, reasoning, or criticism a naive argument
[8] another word for primitive (def. 5)
[9] rare a person who is naive, esp in artistic style See primitive (def. 10)

Words related to Naive

innocent, simple, sincere, ignorant, unsophisticated, wide-eyed, aboveboard, artless, callow, candid, countrified, credulous, forthright, frank, fresh, green, guileless, gullible, harmless, impulsive

Words nearby Naive

nairu, naismith, naismith's rule, naissance, naissant, naive, naive realism, naivety, naiveté, najaf, nakasone

Origin of Naive

1645–55; < French, feminine of naïf, Old French naif natural, instinctive < Latin nātīvus native

Other words from Naive

na·ive·ly , adverb
na·ive·ness , noun
un·na·ive , adjective
un·na·ive·ly , adverb

Word origin for Naive

C17: from French, feminine of naïf, from Old French naif native, spontaneous, from Latin nātīvus native , from nasci to be born

Synonyms for Naive

ignorant, innocent, simple, sincere, unsophisticated, wide-eyed, aboveboard, artless, callow, candid, confiding, countrified, credulous, forthright, frank, fresh, green, guileless, gullible, harmless, impulsive, ingenuous, innocuous, instinctive, jejune, lamb, like a babe in the woods, natural, open, original, patsy, plain, simple-minded, spontaneous, square, sucker, unaffected, unjaded, unpretentious, unschooled, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, untaught, unworldly, virgin