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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.
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.
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.
What does the adjective naive mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective naive . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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 definition: having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous. See examples of NAIVE used in a sentence.
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. Arabic : سَاذَجٌ Croatian : naivan
Britannica Dictionary definition of NAIVE. [more naive; most naive] : having or showing a lack of experience or knowledge : innocent or simple. a naive belief that all people are good. a naive view of the world. She asked a lot of naive questions.
