All naive synonyms
naΒ·ive
N n adjective naive
- simple β easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- trusting β Law. of or relating to trusts or a trust.
- ingenuous β free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
- guileless β free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.
- sincere β free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology.
- wide-eyed β with the eyes open wide, as in amazement, innocence, or sleeplessness.
- aboveboard β An arrangement or deal that is aboveboard is legal and is being carried out openly and honestly. A person who is aboveboard is open and honest about what they are doing.
- artless β Someone who is artless is simple and honest, and does not think of deceiving other people.
- callow β A callow young person has very little experience or knowledge of the way they should behave as an adult.
- candid β When you are candid about something or with someone, you speak honestly.
- confiding β unsuspicious; trustful
- countrified β You use countrified to describe something that seems or looks like something in the country, rather than in a town.
- credulous β If you describe someone as credulous, you have a low opinion of them because they are too ready to believe what people tell them and are easily deceived.
- forthright β going straight to the point; frank; direct; outspoken: It's sometimes difficult to be forthright and not give offense.
- frank β direct and unreserved in speech; straightforward; sincere: Her criticism of my work was frank but absolutely fair.
- harmless β without the power or desire to do harm; innocuous: He looks mean but he's harmless; a harmless Halloween prank.
- impulsive β actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- innocuous β not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy.
- instinctive β of, relating to, or of the nature of instinct.
- jejune β without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
- lamb β Charles ("Elia") 1775β1834, English essayist and critic.
- natural β existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial): a natural bridge.
- open β not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- original β belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- patsy β a person who is easily swindled, deceived, coerced, persuaded, etc.; sucker.
- plain β clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- simple-minded β free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
- spontaneous β coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- square β a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- sucker β a person or thing that sucks.
- unaffected β not affected, acted upon, or influenced; unchanged; unaltered: The laboratory clock remained accurate, unaffected by the explosion.
- unjaded β dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite.
- unpretentious β not pretentious; modest; without ostentatious display; plain: his unpretentious demeanor; an unpretentious summer resort.
- unschooled β not schooled, taught, or trained: Though unschooled, he had a grasp of the subject.
- unsuspecting β to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- suspicious β tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
- untaught β simple past tense and past participle of unteach.
adj naive
- fresh β newly made or obtained: fresh footprints.
- mincing β (of the gait, speech, behavior, etc.) affectedly dainty, nice, or elegant.
- teenage β of, relating to, or characteristic of a teenager.
- unsophisticated β not sophisticated; simple; artless.
- young β being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.
- hoydenish β a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
- ignorant β lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- inexperienced β not experienced; lacking knowledge, skill, or wisdom gained from experience.
- unenlightened β to give intellectual or spiritual light to; instruct; impart knowledge to: We hope the results of our research will enlighten our colleagues.
- unskilled β of or relating to workers who lack technical training or skill.
- untrained β Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- unversed β experienced; practiced; skilled; learned (usually followed by in): She was well versed in Greek and Latin.
- childlike β You describe someone as childlike when they seem like a child in their character, appearance, or behaviour.