Naive Common

Naive has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

A naive person; a greenhorn.

"The new hire's naive approach to managing clients quickly earned him a reputation as a complete greenhorn in sales."

Adjective

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"

naive naif

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"

primitive naive

inexperienced

"Many volunteers felt naive about the complexities of running a charity before their first summer shift."

naive

lacking information or instruction

"lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"

uninstructed unenlightened naive

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"

uninitiate uninitiated naive

Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.

"The naive traveler walked straight into a tourist trap without realizing he had been cheated out of his money."

Example Sentences

"a teenager's naive ignorance of life" adjective

"the naive assumption that things can only get better" adjective

"this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" adjective

"primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking" adjective

"lamentably unenlightened as to the laws" adjective

"it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes" adjective

"he took part in the experiment as a naive subject" adjective