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Synonyms for NAÏVE
nɑˈivnaÏve
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
Synonyms:
aboveboard, artless, candid, fair, frank, guileless, honest, impartial, ingenuous, innocent, open, simple, sincere, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unbiased, unprejudiced, unreserved, unsophisticatedAntonyms:
adroit, artful, crafty, cunning, deceitful, designing, diplomatic, foxy, insincere, intriguing, knowing, maneuvering, sharp, shrewd, sly, subtle, tricky, wilyPreposition:
Candid in debate; candid to or toward opponents; candid with friend or foe; to be candid about or in regard to the matter.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
Synonyms:
naive, uninitiate, uninitiated, primitive, unenlightened, naif, uninstructedAntonyms:
svelte, experient, worldly-wise, well-informed, experienced, intelligent, polished, blase, worldly, refined, conditioned, trained, learned, informed, sophisticated, urbaneprimitive, 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"
Synonyms:
rude, uninstructed, uninitiate, unenlightened, naive, primitive, archaic, uninitiated, crude, naifAntonyms:
polished, svelte, well-informed, worldly-wise, urbane, intelligent, blase, experient, experienced, informed, learned, worldly, sophisticated, trained, conditioned, refinednaiveadjective
inexperienced
Synonyms:
uninitiate, uninitiated, primitive, unenlightened, naif, uninstructedAntonyms:
urbane, polished, informed, refined, sophisticated, worldly, intelligent, blase, learned, svelte, conditioned, trained, experienced, well-informed, experient, worldly-wiseuninstructed, unenlightened, naiveadjective
lacking information or instruction
"lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"
Synonyms:
naive, uninitiated, primitive, unenlightened, naif, uninitiate, uninstructedAntonyms:
experient, sophisticated, intelligent, refined, learned, urbane, worldly-wise, svelte, blase, worldly, informed, conditioned, experienced, well-informed, polished, traineduninitiate, 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"
Synonyms:
naive, uninitiated, primitive, unenlightened, naif, uninitiate, uninstructedAntonyms:
blase, experienced, conditioned, svelte, sophisticated, learned, worldly, worldly-wise, informed, well-informed, polished, trained, experient, intelligent, refined, urbane
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List of paraphrases for "naive":
naive, gullible, ingenuous, naivety, simple-minded, simplistic, childish, unsuspecting
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#283 | open | |
#933 | simple | |
#1667 | fair | |
#2537 | frank | |
#5698 | honest | |
#7271 | innocent | |
#7379 | transparent | |
#9920 | crude | |
#10591 | primitive | |
#11047 | unbiased | |
#11925 | straightforward | |
#12199 | rude | |
#13668 | candid | |
#15441 | sincere | |
#18407 | naive | |
#19510 | impartial | |
#26583 | simplistic | |
#28112 | truthful | |
#28446 | childish | |
#29875 | archaic | |
#34527 | unsuspecting | |
#52369 | gullible | |
#62674 | uninitiated | |
#69465 | unreserved | |
#78515 | unsophisticated | |
#106009 | artless | |
#113772 | naif | |
#131013 | naivety | |
#139288 | unenlightened | |
#140917 | ingenuous | |
#166083 | guileless | |
#176297 | unprejudiced | |
#288760 | uninstructed | |
#324207 | aboveboard |
How to use NAÏVE in a sentence?
As naïve as it sounds now, I did not have any understanding of just what it would be like.
FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2019, file photo, acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly testifies during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee about about ongoing reports of substandard housing conditions in Washington, on Capitol Hill. ( AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) After Croziersletter became public, Navy Secretary Thomas Modly then flew to the ship, at port in Guam, and delivered a speech to the crew in which Navy Secretary Thomas Modly lambasted Brett Crozier, saying Navy Secretary Thomas Modly was either too naive or too stupid to be in charge of an aircraft carrier -- or perhaps leaked the letter intentionally. Modly charged that Brett Crozier had allowed details of the ships operational security to become public, either recklessly or intentionally. If Brett Crozier [ Crozier ] didnt think, in my opinion, that this information [ the letter ] wasnt going to get out into the public, in this day and information age that we live in, then Brett Crozier was either A, too naive or too stupid to be a commanding officer of a ship like this, the alternative is that he did this on purpose.
I'm still naïve enough to be surprised by court decisions that would make it more difficult to vote in a pandemic that will certainly have killed hundreds of thousands of people by the time we vote.
The outlook for policy in general and the U.S. specifically, both fiscal and monetary, is the more relevant factor in the market’s mind right now rather than the spread of the Delta variant, that may well prove to be naive or complacent.
I’d be naive not to be worried.
Translations for NAÏVE
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- ساذجArabic
- наивенBulgarian
- naïfCatalan, Valencian
- naivníCzech
- enfoldig, naivDanish
- unbefangen, naivGerman
- αφελής, ναΐφGreek
- naivaEsperanto
- cándido, ingenuo, naifSpanish
- ببو, خام, ساده لوحPersian
- naiiviFinnish
- naïf, naïveFrench
- soineanntaScottish Gaelic
- תָּמִים, נָאִיבִיHebrew
- अनुभवहीनHindi
- naivHungarian
- միամիտ, պարզամիտArmenian
- naifIndonesian
- ingenuoItalian
- あどけない, 無邪気Japanese
- ನಿಷ್ಕಪಟKannada
- 우직한, 박직한, 순진한Korean
- anfelCornish
- simplex, credulusLatin
- naivLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ໄຮ້ດຽງສາLao
- naïefDutch
- naiv, godtroendeNorwegian
- naiwnyPolish
- ingênuoPortuguese
- наивныйRussian
- naivan, наиванSerbo-Croatian
- blåögd, naiv, oskyldigSwedish
- ไร้เดียงสาThai
- بولیUrdu
- ngây thơVietnamese
- תּמימותדיקYiddish
- 幼稚Chinese
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