Synonyms for naive
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Uninformed
2. Ingenuous
ingenuous, gullible, child-like, innocent, unsophisticated, simple-minded, credulous, unworldly, immature, simple, guileless, inexperienced, wide-eyed, callow, artless, gormless UK IE, primitive, green, dewy-eyed, soft, candid, uninitiated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
- adj. 2
Not having been exposed to something.
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On the other hand, artless, guileless, naive, simple, and unsophisticated express the goodness which comes from want of the knowledge or thought of evil.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- gullible Do Tom and Mary think we're really that gullible?
- ingenuous Mary is an ingenuous student.
By length
- 4 letters
- soft1
- 5 letters
- green1
- 6 letters
- simple2, candid2, callow2
- 7 letters
- artless
- 8 letters
- innocent3, immature3, gullible3, gormless
- 9 letters
- primitive3, credulous3, ingenuous4, unworldly, guileless2
- 10 letters
- uninformed3
- 11 letters
- uninitiated6
- 12 letters
- uninstructed
- 13 letters
- inexperienced5, unenlightened4
- 15 letters
- unsophisticated6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (simple2 = 2 syllables).