| ADJECTIVE | all | naif, naive | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly / worldly experience |
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| NOUN | person | naif | a naive or inexperienced person |
| Meaning | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly / worldly experience. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | naive | |
| Narrower | childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple | Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity |
| credulous | showing a lack of judgment or experience | |
| fleeceable, green, gullible | naive and easily deceived or tricked | |
| innocent, ingenuous | lacking in sophistication or worldliness | |
| simple-minded | lacking subtlety and insight | |
| unsophisticated, unworldly | not wise in the ways of the world | |
| See also | credulous | disposed to believe on little evidence |
| inexperienced, inexperient | lacking practical experience or training | |
| ingenuous, artless | Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings | |
| uninformed | not informed | |
| unworldly | not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations | |
| Opposite | sophisticated | Having or appealing to those having worldly / worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire |
| Spanish | cándido | |
| Catalan | càndid | |
| Meaning | A naive or inexperienced person. | |
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| Broader | innocent, inexperienced person | A person who lacks knowledge of evil |
| Spanish | inocente, naif | |
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