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naiveadjectiveor naïve lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgmenta first-time buyer who was so naive that he believed the salesman's spiel and paid good money for the rusty and broken-down car aw-shucks, dewy, dewy-eyed, green, ingenuous, innocent, naïf(or naif), primitive, simple, simpleminded, uncritical, unknowing, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, unworldly, wide-eyed callow, childish, immature, inexperienced, rawchildlike, idealistic, impractical, unrealisticbelieving, credulous, gullible(also gullable), susceptible, trustful, trusting, unguardedbeguiled, duped, gulled, trickedcareless, heedless, thoughtless cosmopolitan, experienced, knowing, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise critical, cynical, doubting, incredulous, skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, unconvincedcareful, cautious, guarded, leery(also leary), wary, watchfuldown-to-earth, hardheaded, pragmatic(also pragmatical), realistic, soberstreet-smart, streetwise free from any intent to deceive or impress othersthe young girl gave honest and naive answers to the social worker's probing questions artless, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, natural, real, simple, sincere, true, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious childlike, dewy-eyed, gee-whiz, impressionable, inexperienced, malleable, persuadable, persuasible, simpleminded, unsophisticated, unworldly, wide-eyedspontaneous, unforced, unstudiedcandid, direct, frank, free, free-spoken, open, openhearted, plain, plainspoken, single-minded, straight, straightforward, unguardedtrustful, trustingexploitable, gullible(also gullable), susceptible, unwary on the level affected, artful, artificial, assuming, dishonest, dissembling, dissimulating, fake, false, guileful, insincere, phony(also phoney), pretentious critical, cynical, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, warycosmopolitan, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wisecivilized, cultivated, cultured, polished, refinedcrooked, deceitful, deceptive, devious, double-dealing, hypocritical, manipulative, two-facedarch, calculating, canny, crafty, cunning, designing, foxy, knavish, scheming, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, subtle, tricky, underhanded, wilyflattering, mealymouthed, smooth, sycophantic, unctuousfeigned, forced, strained readily taken advantage ofwe get piles of junk mail because you are naive enough to keep entering these dumb contests dewy-eyed, easy, exploitable, gullible(also gullable), susceptible, trusting, unwary, wide-eyed credulous, overcredulous, trustful, uncritical, unsuspecting, unsuspiciousartless, genuine, guileless, innocent, simple, unsophisticated, unworldlyfictile, malleable, pliable, pliantdeceivableacquiescent, agreeable, amiable, obligingyielding critical, cynical, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, warysophisticatedclear-eyed, clear-sighted, hardheadedshrewd, street-smart, streetwise natural, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated, artless mean free from pretension or calculation.natural implies lacking artificiality and self-consciousness and having a spontaneousness suggesting the natural rather than the man-made world.her unaffected, natural manner ingenuous implies inability to disguise or conceal one's feelings or intentions.the ingenuous enthusiasm of children naive suggests lack of worldly wisdom often connoting credulousness and unchecked innocence.politically naive unsophisticated implies a lack of experience and training necessary for social ease and adroitness.unsophisticated adolescents artless suggests a naturalness resulting from unawareness of the effect one is producing on others.artless charm in 1614 |