Naive

//naɪˈiv//

Synonyms for "naive" (193 found)

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Closest matches (39)

Strong matches (58)

Related words (96)

Adjective(18 words)

panglossian panglossic quaint simple simple-hearted simple-minded slight starry-eyed unaffected undesigning unpretentious unsophisticated untested unworldly verdant virgin wet behind the ears wide-eyed

persuadable plain primitive provincial raw reliant relying ripening round eyed rustic sappy seduceable simple simple minded simplehearted simpleminded sincere single minded single-hearted single-minded

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Adjective(5 words)

primitive unenlightened uninitiate uninitiated uninstructed

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

4 entries

foolish ignorant inexperienced lacking

More specific

1 entries

ultracredulous

Antonyms

1 entries

sophisticated

Synonyms

3 entries

primitive uninitiated uninstructed

Related terms

21 entries

babe in the woods be born yesterday beginner bumpkin greenhorn gullible ingenue just fell off the back of a turnip truck mark naif naivety naïf naïveté new new kid on the block newbie

Showing 16 of 21 words.

derived

13 entries

bionaive chemonaive drug naive drug-naive immunologically naive immunonaive naive falsificationism naive realist naively naiveness naivism naivist semi-naive

has context

1 entries

computing

related to

12 entries

childlike credulous experience intuitive judgement naif naïf sophisticated uninformed unsophisticated unworldly wisdom

similar

29 entries

artless childlike credulous dewy-eyed fleeceable green gullible inexperienced inexperient ingenuous innate innocent round eyed

Showing 16 of 29 words.

Translations

125 translations across 60 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

makalush adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
sylesh adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

εὐήθης adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
ἀπειρόκακος adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Arabic

2 entries

سَاذَج adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
صيدة adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Armenian

2 entries

միամիտ adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
պարզամիտ adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

sadəlöhv adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Basque

1 entries

inozo adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Belarusian

1 entries

наі́ўны adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Bulgarian

2 entries

наи́вен adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
простоду́шен adj ((art) simple, childlike style)

Catalan

3 entries

càndid adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
ingenu adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
naïf adj ((art) simple, childlike style)

Chinese

2 entries

天真 adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
幼稚 adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

天真 adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
幼稚 adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

天真 adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
幼稚 adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Cornish

1 entries

anfel adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Czech

1 entries

naivní adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Danish

2 entries

enfoldig adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
naiv adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Dutch

2 entries

naïef adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
tegen beter weten in adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Esperanto

1 entries

naiva adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Finnish

2 entries

naiivi adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
naivistinen adj ((art) simple, childlike style)

French

3 entries

ingénu adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
naïf adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
naïf adj ((art) simple, childlike style)

Galician

2 entries

inxenuo adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
naíf adj ((art) simple, childlike style)

Georgian

2 entries

გულუბრყვილო adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
მიამიტი adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

German

3 entries

blauäugig adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
naiv adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
unbefangen adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Greek

2 entries

αφελής adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
ναΐφ adj ((art) simple, childlike style)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

天天 adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Hebrew

2 entries

נָאִיבִי adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
תָּמִים adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Hungarian

1 entries

naiv adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Ido

1 entries

naiva adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Indonesian

1 entries

naif adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Irish

1 entries

soineanta adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Italian

4 entries

candido adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
credulone adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
ingenuo adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
semplice adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Japanese

2 entries

あどけない adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
無邪気な adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Korean

3 entries

박직하다 adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
순진하다 adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
우직하다 adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Lao

1 entries

ໄຮ້ດຽງສາ adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Latin

2 entries

credulus adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
simplex adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Latvian

1 entries

naivs adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

naiv adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Macedonian

1 entries

наивен adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Māori

1 entries

tūpatokore adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Norwegian

1 entries

enfoldig adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

godtroende adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
naiv adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
naiv adj ((art) simple, childlike style)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

naiv adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
naiv adj ((art) simple, childlike style)

Occitan

1 entries

ninòi adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

ساده adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
طوی adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Persian

3 entries

ببو adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
خام adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
ساده لوح adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Polish

1 entries

naiwny adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Portuguese

3 entries

ingénuo adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
ingênuo adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
naïf adj ((art) simple, childlike style)

Romanian

1 entries

naiv adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Russian

2 entries

наи́вный adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
простоду́шный adj ((art) simple, childlike style)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

soineannta adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

nȁīvan adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
на̏ӣван adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Slovak

1 entries

naivný adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Slovene

1 entries

naiven adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Spanish

4 entries

caído de la cama adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
caído de la esfera adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
caído de la hamaca adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
caído de la mata adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Swedish

3 entries

blåögd adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
naiv adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
oskyldig adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Thai

1 entries

ไร้เดียงสา adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Turkish

3 entries

naif adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
naif adj ((art) simple, childlike style)
saf adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Tày

2 entries

bả adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
bả slâư adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Ukrainian

1 entries

наї́вний adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Vietnamese

3 entries

nai adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
ngây thơ adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)
ngờ nghệch adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Yiddish

1 entries

תּמימותדיק adj (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You must be very naive to be taken in by such a story.

Source: tatoeba (41260)

Get rid of those kinds of naive ideas.

Source: tatoeba (41412)

It's naive of you to believe that.

Source: tatoeba (41798)

The naive man was utterly embarrassed in her presence.

Source: tatoeba (50653)

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