1. 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"
   - naif, naïve, naïf 
2. Of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
   - primitive, naïve 
3. Inexperienced
   - naïve 
4. Lacking information or instruction
   - uninstructed, unenlightened, naïve 
5. Not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
   "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject"
   - uninitiate, uninitiated, naïve

Derived forms: naiver, naivest

See also: childlike, credulous, dewy-eyed, fleeceable, green, gullible, inexperienced, inexperient [non-standard], ingenuous, innate, innocent, naively, naiveness, round-eyed, simple, simple-minded, simplistic, unconditioned, uninformed, unlearned, unsophisticated, untrained, unworldly, wide-eyed

Antonym: sophisticated

Encyclopedia: Naive Naive, Super

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