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Meaning of 'naive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Naive [ a.]
- Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks.

Meaning of 'naive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . naive [ a]
Meaning (1):
- marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
Example in sentence:
  • 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
2 . naive [ s]
Meaning (2):
- not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
Example in sentence:
  • he took part in the experiment as a naive subject;
  • it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes
Meaning (3):
- lacking information or instruction
Example in sentence:
  • lamentably unenlightened as to the laws
Meaning (4):
- of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
Example in sentence:
  • primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking

Nearby Words:

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