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too ready to believe someone or something, or to trust that someone’s intentions are good, esp. because of a lack of experience: It was naive of her to think that she would ever get her money back.
The meaning of NAIVE is marked by unaffected simplicity : artless, ingenuous. How to use naive in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Naive.
too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, that people's intentions in general are good, or that life is simple and fair. People are often naive because they are young and/or have not had much experience of life: She was very naive to believe that he'd stay with her.
Naive definition: having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous. See examples of NAIVE used in a sentence.
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” synonyms: naif. credulous. disposed to believe on little evidence.
adj. 1. Lacking worldly experience and understanding, especially: a. Simple and guileless; artless: a child with a naive charm. b. Unsuspecting or credulous: naive victims of the scam. 2. Showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgment: "this extravagance of metaphors, with its naive bombast" (H.L. Mencken). 3.
If you describe someone as naive, you think they lack experience, causing them to expect things to be uncomplicated or easy, or people to be honest or kind when they are not. I was naive to think they would agree.
naive. adjective. /naɪˈiːv/ (also naïve) (disapproving) (of a person or action) not showing enough knowledge, good judgement or experience of life; too willing to believe that people always tell you the truth. to be politically naive. I can't believe you were so naive as to trust him! a naive question.
naive. adjective. uk / naɪˈiːv / us. Add to word list. If someone is naive, they believe things too easily and do not have enough experience of the world: I was much younger then, and very naive. naively. adverb. I naively believed that we would be treated as equals.
Showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgment. American Heritage. Not having experienced or been subjected to something, as: American Heritage Medicine. Synonyms: uninitiated. unfeigned. trusting. green. candid. unworldly. artless. unschooled. unphilosophic. unassuming. credulous.
