Antonyms for naive
nɑˈivnaive

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1. naive

   A candid statement is meant to be true to the real facts and just to all parties; a fair statement is really so. Fair is applied to the conduct; candid is not; as, fair treatment, "a fair field, and no favor." One who is frank has a fearless and unconstrained truthfulness. Honest and ingenuous unite in expressing contempt for deceit. On the other hand, artless, guileless, naive, simple, and unsophisticated express the goodness which comes from want of the knowledge or thought of evil. As truth is not always agreeable or timely, candid and frank have often an objectionable sense; "to be candid with you," "to be perfectly frank," are regarded as sure preludes to something disagreeable. Open and unreserved may imply unstudied truthfulness or defiant recklessness; as, open admiration, open robbery. There may be transparent integrity or transparent fraud. Sincere applies to the feelings, as being all that one's words would imply.

   Antonyms:
   adroit, artful, crafty, cunning, deceitful, designing, diplomatic, foxy, insincere, intriguing, knowing, maneuvering, sharp, shrewd, sly, subtle, tricky, wily

   Synonyms:
   aboveboard, artless, candid, fair, frank, guileless, honest, impartial, ingenuous, innocent, open, simple, sincere, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unbiased, unprejudiced, unreserved, unsophisticated

   Preposition:
   Candid in debate; candid to or toward opponents; candid with friend or foe; to be candid about or in regard to the matter.

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.8 / 4 votes

1. naive, naifadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   svelte, experient, worldly-wise, well-informed, experienced, intelligent, polished, blase, worldly, refined, conditioned, trained, learned, informed, sophisticated, urbane

   Synonyms:
   uninitiate, uninitiated, primitive, unenlightened, naif, uninstructed

2. primitive, naiveadjective

   of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

   "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"

   Antonyms:
   polished, svelte, well-informed, worldly-wise, urbane, intelligent, blase, experient, experienced, informed, learned, worldly, sophisticated, trained, conditioned, refined

   Synonyms:
   rude, uninstructed, uninitiate, unenlightened, primitive, archaic, uninitiated, crude, naif

3. naiveadjective

   inexperienced

   Antonyms:
   urbane, polished, informed, refined, sophisticated, worldly, intelligent, blase, learned, svelte, conditioned, trained, experienced, well-informed, experient, worldly-wise

   Synonyms:
   uninitiate, uninitiated, primitive, unenlightened, naif, uninstructed

4. uninstructed, unenlightened, naiveadjective

   lacking information or instruction

   "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"

   Antonyms:
   experient, sophisticated, intelligent, refined, learned, urbane, worldly-wise, svelte, blase, worldly, informed, conditioned, experienced, well-informed, polished, trained

   Synonyms:
   uninitiated, primitive, unenlightened, naif, uninitiate, uninstructed

5. uninitiate, uninitiated, naiveadjective

   not initiated; deficient in relevant experience

   "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject"

   Antonyms:
   blase, experienced, conditioned, svelte, sophisticated, learned, worldly, worldly-wise, informed, well-informed, polished, trained, experient, intelligent, refined, urbane

   Synonyms:
   uninitiated, primitive, unenlightened, naif, uninitiate, uninstructed

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1. naïveadjective

   Synonyms:
   artless, innocent, ingenuous, frank

How to use naive in a sentence?

1. Getty Images:

   I was in complete shock when that Brat Pack thing came out, i was extremely naive on some of those interviews – and actually came off as a little bit stupid. I did n’t see it coming.

2. Joe Biden:

   Now the people that are running against me tell me I'm naïve. One said I should be in the Republican primary, God love Elizabeth Warren, that's not the way you get things done, man. You don't go in and tell people that they disagree there's something fundamentally wrong with them.

3. Thomas Modly:

   If he didn't think, in my opinion, that this information wasn't going to get out to the public, in this day and information age that we live in, then he was either a) too naïve or too stupid to be a commanding officer of a ship like this, the alternative is that he did this on purpose.

4. Eric Cornelius:

   United States's not a major stretch to conclude the difference in the outcomes of the attacks in the Ukraine vs those in the U.S. were an issue of intent not capability, it would be naive to say the same attackers couldn't successfully execute in the United States.

5. Vermont Sen. Sanders:

   Let's not be naive about it. Why …has Wall Street been the major campaign contributor to Hillary Clinton? you know, maybe they're dumb and they don't know what they're going to get, but I don't think so.

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