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Synonyms for wide-eyed

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Naive — naive; innocent; like a baby

child-like, naive, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, gullible, simple

2. Moon-eyed — used other than figuratively or idiomatically, see wide, eye, -ed

moon-eyed, saucer-eyed, goggle-eyed, pie-eyed informal, owly-eyed

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Naive; innocent; like a baby.

  2. adj. 2

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wide, eye, -ed.

    She was like her mother: tiny, curly-haired, and wide-eyed.

Example sentences

  • naive Tom isn't as naive as a lot of people think he is.
  • gullible Do Tom and Mary think we're really that gullible?

By length

4 letters
wide1
5 letters
naive2, agape2
6 letters
simple2
8 letters
gullible3
13 letters
flabbergasted4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (naive2 = 2 syllables).