naive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /naɪˈiv/ (General-American)
- /nɑːˈiːv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /naɪˈiːv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /nɑˈiv/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree French naïf French naïvebor. English naive Borrowed from French naïve, feminine form of naïf, from Latin nātīvus (“native, natural”). Doublet of native.
Meanings
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Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
The salarians believed the genophage would be used as a deterrent, a position the turians viewed as naive. Once the project was complete, the turians mass produced and deployed it. The krogan homeworld, their colonies, and all occupied worlds were infected.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Krogan: Genophage Codex entry:I am sixteen going on seventeen, I know that I'm naive
1965, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, “Sixteen Going on Seventeen”, in The Sound of Music:Whether by design or driven by the force of circumstances, they have always directed their main effort toward gaining the support of this "elite," while the more conservative groups have acted, as regularly but unsuccessfully, on a more naive view of mass democracy and have usually vainly tried directly to reach and to persuade the individual voter.
1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 418:
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Not having been exposed to something.
Animals entering shelters are either (a) immunologically naïve and susceptible to infection and development of disease if exposed to pathogens; (b) already immune […]
2011, Lila Miller, Kate Hurley, Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters:
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(of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
By 1921 when Miró painted his key work, naive painting had been recognized by the avantgarde art world as a genre in its own right.
2006, Janis Mink, Joan Miró, →ISBN, page 33:
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Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.
We have experiments of running our matching algorithm and a naive matching algorithm for such a term tree and a tree, and have compared the performance of the two algorithms.
2007, Takao Terano, Huan Liu, Arbee L.P. Chen, Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most naive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| naiver | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| naivest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| naiive | alternative, nonstandard | lexicographic | |
| naïve | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more naive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
wily · affected · mature · sophisticated · pretentious · nuanced · worldly
Deriveds
naively · naiveness · drug naive · naivist · chemonaive · naivism · naive realist · bionaive · immunonaive · semi-naive · drug-naive · immunologically naive · naive falsificationism
Hypernyms
lacking · foolish · inexperienced · ignorant
Hyponyms
Relateds
noob · gullible · sweet summer child · just fell off the back of a turnip truck · rube · naif · naïveté · greenhorn · naivety · beginner · ingenue · noobie · mark · naïf · newbie · babe in the woods · be born yesterday · bumpkin · sucker · new · new kid on the block
Synonyms
Panglossic · unworldly · unsophisticated · callow · innocent · cute · clueless · credulous · untested · unaffected · undesigning · green · childlike · born yesterday · simple · virgin · ingenuous · verdant · simple-minded · fleeceable · wide-eyed · unpretentious · immature · foppotee · quaint · jejune · Panglossian · starry-eyed · dewy-eyed · guileless · simple-hearted · wet behind the ears · artless
Translations (124)
es panoli (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · afb صيدة (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · he תָּמִים (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · ca naïf ((art) simple, childlike style) · yue 天真 (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · ko 순진하다 (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · gl inxenuo (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · pl naiwny (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · es caído del níspero (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · bg наи́вен (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · es crédulo (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · mi tūpatokore (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · sq sylesh (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · gd soineannta (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · hak 天天 (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · ru наи́вный (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · hy միամիտ (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · es caído de la esfera (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · tr naif (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · nb naiv ((art) simple, childlike style) · vi nai (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · ja 無邪気な (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · es ingenuo (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · ga soineanta (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · eo naiva (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · it sempliciotto (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · pt naïf ((art) simple, childlike style) · ka მიამიტი (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · cmn 天真 (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · ar سَاذَج (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · hu naiv (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · la credulus (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · es caído de la cama (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · bg простоду́шен ((art) simple, childlike style) · sv oskyldig (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · ca ingenu (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · nan-hbl 天真 (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · eu inozo (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · nn naiv ((art) simple, childlike style) · ru простоду́шный ((art) simple, childlike style) · no enfoldig (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · es caído de la mata (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · he נָאִיבִי (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · ko 박직하다 (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · da naiv (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · hy պարզամիտ (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · es otario (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · fa خام (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · nan-hbl 幼稚 (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · hi अल्हड़ (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · gl naíf ((art) simple, childlike style) · es caído del catre (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · lo ໄຮ້ດຽງສາ (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · fa ببو (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · sv naiv (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · ja あどけない (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · nb godtroende (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · grc εὐήθης (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · vi ngờ nghệch (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · da enfoldig (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · ota ساده (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · nn naiv (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · fr naïf (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · ko 우직하다 (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · de unbefangen (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · sk naivný (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · de blauäugig (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · cs naivní (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · ka გულუბრყვილო (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · ota طوی (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · es caído del zarzo (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · it semplice (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · cmn 幼稚 (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · pt ingênuo (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · fr ingénu (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · it candido (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · tr saf (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · es incauto (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · es caído del palto (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · sh на̏ӣван (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · yue 幼稚 (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · kw anfel (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · lv naivs (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · fr naïf ((art) simple, childlike style) · mk наивен (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · pt ingénuo (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · ca càndid (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · az sadəlöhv (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · sv blåögd (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · nl naïef (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · fa ساده لوح (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · yi תּמימותדיק (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · th ไร้เดียงสา (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · id naif (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · tr naif ((art) simple, childlike style) · ro naiv (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · tyz bả (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · it ingenuo (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · uk наї́вний (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · fi naivistinen ((art) simple, childlike style) · it credulone (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · vi ngây thơ (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · fi naiivi (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · grc ἀπειρόκακος (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · pl naiwny ((art) simple, childlike style) · th นาอีฟ (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · rsk наивни (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · tyz bả slâư (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · lb naiv (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · oc ninòi (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · de naiv (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · be наі́ўны (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · nl tegen beter weten in (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · sl naiven (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · sq makalush (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · es caído de la hamaca (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · el αφελής (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · la simplex (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · es cándido (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · sh nȁīvan (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · it spontaneo (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · el ναΐφ ((art) simple, childlike style) · nb naiv (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement) · io naiva (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)