наивный, простодушный, безыскусный, безыскусственный
прилагательное ↓
- наивный, простодушный
naive notion — естественное представление; наивное понятие 
naive question — наивный вопрос
naïve remark — наивное замечание
naïve child — простодушное дитя
naïve poetry — наивная /безыскусная/ поэзия
- простоватый, недалёкий; легковерный
naïve faith — наивная вера
it was very naïve of you to believe him — с вашей стороны было наивно /неумно/ поверить ему
it would be naïve to assume — было бы наивностью считать
- неподготовленный, неинформированный
computer-naive — неподготовленный к работе с вычислительной машиной; не знакомый с ЭВМ
we need naïve people to take this test — нам нужно, чтобы этому тесту подверглись люди, не имеющие представления о его предмете
- первичный, исходный; не подвергавшийся (чему-л.)
experimentally naïve mice — мыши, не бывшие в эксперименте
- не подвергавшийся действию наркотиков; не пробовавший наркотиков
Мои примеры
Словосочетания
flight-naive — не имеющий лётного опыта
naive artist — художник-примитивист
Примеры с переводом
It’s naive to trust everyone.
Наивно всем доверять.
Jim can be so naive sometimes.
Джим иногда такой наивный.
That was naive of you.
Ты повёл себя наивно.
You are naive to believe them.
Какая наивность с твоей стороны верить им!
I had naively imagined that he was in love with me.
Я наивно предположила, что он был в меня влюблен.
The plan seems a little naive.
План кажется немного наивным.
Her conclusions are muzzy and naive.
Её выводы сформулированы нечётко и наивны.
She asked a lot of naive questions.
Она задавала много наивных вопросов.
I was young and naive at the time, and I didn’t think anything bad could happen to me.
Я тогда был молод и наивен, и думал, что ничего плохого со мной случиться не может.
If you’re naive enough to believe him, you’ll believe anyone.
Если ты настолько наивен, что ему веришь, то ты поверишь кому угодно.
He took part in the experiment as a naive subject.
Он принял участие в эксперименте в качестве «наивного испытуемого». (т.е. испытуемого, который не знает настоящих целей эксперимента)
It would be naive to think that this could solve all the area’s problems straight away.
Было бы наивно думать, что это сразу решит все проблемы данной территории.
Примеры, ожидающие перевода
…yet another short-lived utopian community that was the brainchild of a naive fantast… 
…pundits who should have known better effused endlessly about this idealistic but naive senator…
…the fortune hunter’s insinuating attentions were having their intended effect on the naive heiress…
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Возможные однокоренные слова
naivety — наивность, простодушие, простоватость, наивное замечание, наивная реплика
naively — наивно
родной, местный, нативный, природный, уроженец, уроженка, туземец, туземка
прилагательное ↓
- родной
- родившийся (в каком-л. месте)
native Frenchmen — французы, родившиеся во Франции
- принадлежащий по праву рождения
native rights — наследственные права
- туземный
native troops — туземные войска
native states — ист. туземные княжества (в Индии
native policy — политика (метрополии) в отношении туземного населения колонии; колониальная политика
native customs in Borneo — обычаи туземцев Борнео
to go native — перенять образ жизни туземцев (о белых)
- местный
native plants — местные, аборигенные растения
native industry — местная промышленность
native transport — воен. местный транспорт
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существительное ↓
- уроженец
a native of Southern France — уроженец юга Франции
- коренной житель
he speaks English like a native — он говорит по-английски как (настоящий) англичанин
- часто пренебр. туземец; абориген
- австрал. местный уроженец (о белых, родившихся в Австралии)
- (тж. Native) южно-афр. туземец (официальное наименование негров)
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Мои примеры
Словосочетания
people who are native to France — люди, которые родом из Франции
the native peoples of Mexico — коренные народы Мексики
inborn / native / innate ability — врождённая, природная способность
to drop into one’s native language — перескочить при разговоре на родной язык
native informant — информант из местного населения
one’s native land — родная страна, родина
native silver — самородное серебро
our native soil — наше отечество, наша отчизна, родина
native tribe — туземное племя
his wanderings in his native town — странствия по его родному городу
native protein — нативный белок
native-grown crystal — естественный кристалл; природный кристалл
Примеры с переводом
They abandoned their native language.
Они перестали говорить на своём родном языке.
The coconut palm is a native of Malaysia.
Родина кокосовой пальмы — Малайзия.
They never saw their native land again.
Они никогда больше не увидели своей родной земли.
She spoke not only her native language, Swedish, but also English and French.
Она говорила не только на своём родном языке — шведском, но также на английском и французском.
Mother Teresa visited her native Albania.
Мать Тереза посетила свою родную Албанию.
English is my native tongue.
Английский — мой родной язык.
The traveller hungered for his native land.
Путешественник истосковался по своей родине.
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Примеры, ожидающие перевода
Nor was the sovereignty of the Native Hawaiian race recognized at the time Hawaii became a state.
…Native American nations are regarded as autonomous in many respects and thus not subject to a number of state and local laws….
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Возможные однокоренные слова
Формы слова
noun
ед. ч.(singular): native
мн. ч.(plural): natives
- ignorant
- innocent
- simple
- sincere
- unsophisticated
- wide-eyed
- aboveboard
- artless
- callow
- candid
- confiding
- countrified
- credulous
- forthright
- frank
- fresh
- green
- guileless
- gullible
- harmless
- impulsive
- ingenuous
- innocuous
- instinctive
- jejune
- lamb
- like a babe in the woods
- natural
- open
- original
- patsy
- plain
- simple-minded
- spontaneous
- square
- sucker
- unaffected
- unjaded
- unpretentious
- unschooled
- unsuspecting
- unsuspicious
- untaught
- unworldly
- virgin
See also synonyms for: naively
On this page you’ll find 108 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to naive, such as: ignorant, innocent, simple, sincere, unsophisticated, and wide-eyed.
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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How to use naive in a sentence
And Jansoulet felt the delight of a child, a plebeian joy, compounded of ignorance and naive vanity.
THE NABOBALPHONSE DAUDET
Buzonniere, Rochfort and Fangouse are milder and more naive in their demonstrations and their works are of no weight or interest.
BARON D’HOLBACHMAX PEARSON CUSHING
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO NAIVE
- direct
- genuine
- guileless
- honest
- ingenuous
- innocent
- naive
- natural
- open
- plain
- pure
- sincere
- straight
- straightforward
- talking turkey
- true
- unadorned
- unaffected
- uncontrived
- unpretentious
- unsophisticated
- up front
- crude
- green
- guileless
- inexperienced
- infant
- jejune
- jellybean
- juvenile
- kid
- low tech
- naive
- not dry behind ears
- puerile
- raw
- sophomore
- tenderfoot
- unbaked
- unfledged
- unripe
- unsophisticated
- untrained
- untried
- young
- casual
- modest
- naive
- natural
- nonchalant
- simple
- unstudied
- adolescent
- baby
- babyish
- callow
- childlike
- foolish
- frivolous
- green
- infantile
- infantine
- innocent
- jejune
- juvenile
- kid stuff
- naive
- puerile
- unsophisticated
- young
- youthful
- dovelike
- green
- inexperienced
- naive
- pure
- sinless
- uncorrupted
- undefiled
- unworldly
- wide-eyed
- exploitable
- foolish
- gullible
- naive
- simple
- susceptible
- unsuspecting
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Other forms: natives; natively
The word native has to do with where you’re from. You’re native to the country where you were born, and places have native plants and animals too.
Things that are native are indigenous — they were born there. This is where the term Native Americans comes from — they were on this land before Europeans came over. Native plants were originally in a place — they weren’t transplanted. The same is true of native animals. Sometimes people born in a place are called natives, as in «You are a native of Cleveland.» When you see the word native, think «born there.»
Definitions of native
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adjective
belonging to one by birth
“my
native land”“one’s
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connatural, inborn, inbred
normally existing at birth
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connatural, inborn, inbred
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adjective
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
“the
native North American sugar maple”“many
native artists studied abroad”-
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autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous
originating where it is found
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domestic
produced in a particular country
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homegrown
grown or originating in a particular place
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native-born
belonging to a place by birth
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autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous
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adjective
characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
“native Americans”
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synonyms:
aboriginal
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adjective
as found in nature in the elemental form
“native copper”
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pure
free of extraneous elements of any kind
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pure
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noun
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
“the art of the
natives of the northwest coast”-
synonyms:
aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene
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Levantine
(formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant
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Mauritian
a native or inhabitant of Mauritius
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Filipino
a native or inhabitant of the Philippines
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Russian
a native or inhabitant of Russia
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Seychellois
a native or inhabitant of Seychelles
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Tatar
a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups)
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Udmurt, Votyak
a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia
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Komi
a member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia
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Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari
a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia
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Inger, Ingerman, Ingrian
a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built
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Carelian, Karelian
a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia
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Khanty, Ostyak
a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals)
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Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian
a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia
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Nganasan
a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia
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Ostyak-Samoyed, Selkup
one of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia
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Samoyed
a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia
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Veps, Vepse, Vepsian
a member of a Finnish people of Russia
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Mansi, Vogul
a member of a nomadic people of the northern Urals
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Yeniseian
a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia
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Moro
a member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern Philippines
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Great Russian
a member of the chief stock of Russian people living in European Russia; used to distinguish ethnic Russians from other peoples incorporated into Russia
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Muscovite
a resident of Moscow
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Georgian
a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia
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Siberian
a native or inhabitant of Siberia
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Chechen
a native or inhabitant of Chechnya
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Tagalog
a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
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Bisayan, Visayan
a member of the most numerous indigenous people of the Philippines
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type of:
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individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
a human being
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noun
a person born in a particular place or country
“he is a
native of Brazil” -
noun
indigenous plants and animals
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How is the word naive different from other adjectives like it?
Some common synonyms of naive are artless, ingenuous, natural, and unsophisticated. While all these words mean «free from pretension or calculation,» naive suggests lack of worldly wisdom often connoting credulousness and unchecked innocence.
When can artless be used instead of naive?
The meanings of artless and naive largely overlap; however, artless suggests a naturalness resulting from unawareness of the effect one is producing on others.
When is it sensible to use ingenuous instead of naive?
Although the words ingenuous and naive have much in common, ingenuous implies inability to disguise or conceal one’s feelings or intentions.
the ingenuous enthusiasm of children
When would natural be a good substitute for naive?
The synonyms natural and naive are sometimes interchangeable, but natural implies lacking artificiality and self-consciousness and having a spontaneousness suggesting the natural rather than the man-made world.
her unaffected, natural manner
In what contexts can unsophisticated take the place of naive?
While in some cases nearly identical to naive, unsophisticated implies a lack of experience and training necessary for social ease and adroitness.
unsophisticated adolescents
English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes
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naive
A candid statement is meant to be true to the real facts and just to all parties; a fair statement is really so. Fair is applied to the conduct; candid is not; as, fair treatment, «a fair field, and no favor.» One who is frank has a fearless and unconstrained truthfulness. Honest and ingenuous unite in expressing contempt for deceit. On the other hand, artless, guileless, naive, simple, and unsophisticated express the goodness which comes from want of the knowledge or thought of evil. As truth is not always agreeable or timely, candid and frank have often an objectionable sense; «to be candid with you,» «to be perfectly frank,» are regarded as sure preludes to something disagreeable. Open and unreserved may imply unstudied truthfulness or defiant recklessness; as, open admiration, open robbery. There may be transparent integrity or transparent fraud. Sincere applies to the feelings, as being all that one’s words would imply.
Synonyms:
aboveboard, artless, candid, fair, frank, guileless, honest, impartial, ingenuous, innocent, open, simple, sincere, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unbiased, unprejudiced, unreserved, unsophisticatedAntonyms:
adroit, artful, crafty, cunning, deceitful, designing, diplomatic, foxy, insincere, intriguing, knowing, maneuvering, sharp, shrewd, sly, subtle, tricky, wilyPreposition:
Candid in debate; candid to or toward opponents; candid with friend or foe; to be candid about or in regard to the matter.
Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:2.8 / 4 votes
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naive, naifadjective
marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
«a teenager’s naive ignorance of life»; «the naive assumption that things can only get better»; «this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances»
Synonyms:
uninitiate, uninitiated, primitive, unenlightened, naif, uninstructedAntonyms:
svelte, experient, worldly-wise, well-informed, experienced, intelligent, polished, blase, worldly, refined, conditioned, trained, learned, informed, sophisticated, urbane -
primitive, naiveadjective
of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
«primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking»
Synonyms:
rude, uninstructed, uninitiate, unenlightened, primitive, archaic, uninitiated, crude, naifAntonyms:
polished, svelte, well-informed, worldly-wise, urbane, intelligent, blase, experient, experienced, informed, learned, worldly, sophisticated, trained, conditioned, refined -
naiveadjective
inexperienced
Synonyms:
uninitiate, uninitiated, primitive, unenlightened, naif, uninstructedAntonyms:
urbane, polished, informed, refined, sophisticated, worldly, intelligent, blase, learned, svelte, conditioned, trained, experienced, well-informed, experient, worldly-wise -
uninstructed, unenlightened, naiveadjective
lacking information or instruction
«lamentably unenlightened as to the laws»
Synonyms:
uninitiated, primitive, unenlightened, naif, uninitiate, uninstructedAntonyms:
experient, sophisticated, intelligent, refined, learned, urbane, worldly-wise, svelte, blase, worldly, informed, conditioned, experienced, well-informed, polished, trained -
uninitiate, uninitiated, naiveadjective
not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
«it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes»; «he took part in the experiment as a naive subject»
Synonyms:
uninitiated, primitive, unenlightened, naif, uninitiate, uninstructedAntonyms:
blase, experienced, conditioned, svelte, sophisticated, learned, worldly, worldly-wise, informed, well-informed, polished, trained, experient, intelligent, refined, urbane
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Mikhail Gorbachev, (1988):
It would be naive to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past. . .
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Catherine Cortez Masto:
Trump’s attempt to revive Yucca Mountain is naive and would be a colossal waste of taxpayer money.
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Connor Schell:
I’ve felt really good about ESPN’s programming overall during this crisis, but we’re not naive enough to say that’ The Last Dance’ sitting in the middle of this hasn’t been really important to our connection to our audience and the way people have engaged with our brand.
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Sienna Miller:
I sabotaged things. I burnt a lot of bridges, i was really naive, I think. Not green as grass — I was by no means an innocent — but I had faith in the goodness of everyone. I was very open. And that led me into all sorts of situations that backfired.
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Andrew Schneider:
I feel like I can handle a lot of things. I can handle a parasitic infection and separating lesions, arterial sclerosis. But this stuff…I just want to go through life thinking people are happy, naive as that may sound.
Translations for naive
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- ساذجArabic
- наивенBulgarian
- naïfCatalan, Valencian
- naivníCzech
- enfoldig, naivDanish
- unbefangen, naivGerman
- ναΐφ, αφελήςGreek
- naivaEsperanto
- naif, cándido, ingenuoSpanish
- ساده لوح, ببو, خامPersian
- naiiviFinnish
- naïf, naïveFrench
- soineanntaScottish Gaelic
- תָּמִים, נָאִיבִיHebrew
- अनुभवहीनHindi
- naivHungarian
- միամիտ, պարզամիտArmenian
- naifIndonesian
- ingenuoItalian
- あどけない, 無邪気Japanese
- ನಿಷ್ಕಪಟKannada
- 순진한, 우직한, 박직한Korean
- anfelCornish
- credulus, simplexLatin
- naivLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ໄຮ້ດຽງສາLao
- naïefDutch
- godtroende, naivNorwegian
- naiwnyPolish
- ingênuoPortuguese
- наивныйRussian
- наиван, naivanSerbo-Croatian
- naiv, oskyldig, blåögdSwedish
- ไร้เดียงสาThai
- بولیUrdu
- תּמימותדיקYiddish
- 幼稚Chinese
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- naïve
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French naïve, feminine form of naïf, from Latin nativus (“native, natural”). Doublet of native.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /naɪˈiːv/, /nɑːˈiːv/
- Rhymes: -iːv
Adjective[edit]
naive (comparative more naive, superlative most naive)
- Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
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1965, Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics and music), “Going on Seventeen”, in The Sound of Music[1]:
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I am sixteen going on seventeen, I know that I’m naive
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2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Krogan: Genophage Codex entry:
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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.
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- Not having been exposed to something.
- 2011, Lila Miller, Kate Hurley, Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters
- 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
- (of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
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2006, Janis Mink, Joan Miró, →ISBN, page 33:
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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.
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- (computing) Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.
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2007, Takao Terano, Huan Liu, & Arbee L.P. Chen, Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, →ISBN:
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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.
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Usage notes[edit]
- Google Ngram Viewer shows naive to be historically more common than naïve but the latter has gained popularity after year 2000, reaching the popularity of the other spelling.[1] Whether the Viewer can properly scan such diacritics is unclear.
- Spellings in dictionaries:
- naive is covered by Merriam-Webster[2], AHD[3], Collins[4], Macmillan[5], Cambridge[6] and OED[7].
- naïve is covered by Merriam-Webster (as a variant)[2], AHD[3], Collins (as a variant)[4], Macmillan (as a variant)[5], Cambridge (as a variant)[6], OED (as a variant)[7], and Century 1911[8].
- GPO manual states that «Diacritical marks are not used with anglicized word» and mentions naive and naivete.[9]
- Guardian and Observer style guide indicates naive, naively, and naivety with no accent.[10]
- The diaeresis in naïve is there to indicate the vowel is pronounced in a separate syllable.[11]
- Since naïve is a feminine adjective in French, the masculine naïf (or naif) is occasionally used in English when describing a man, but naive/naïve is most often treated as gender-neutral. Naif or naïf is also the noun form in English.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:naive
Antonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:naive
Derived terms[edit]
- immunologically naive
- naively
- naiveness
- semi-naive
[edit]
- naif
- naïf
- naïveté
- naivety
Translations[edit]
lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement
- Albanian: sylesh (sq), makalush (sq)
- Arabic: سَاذَج (ar) (sāḏaj)
- Gulf Arabic: صيدة (ṣēdə)
- Armenian: միամիտ (hy) (miamit), պարզամիտ (hy) (parzamit)
- Azerbaijani: sadəlöhv
- Basque: inozo
- Belarusian: наі́ўны (naíŭny)
- Bulgarian: наи́вен (bg) (naíven)
- Catalan: ingenu (ca), càndid (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 天真 (tin1 zan1), 幼稚 (jau3 zi6)
- Hakka: 天天 (thiên-thiên)
- Mandarin: 天真 (zh) (tiānzhēn), 幼稚 (zh) (yòuzhì)
- Min Nan: 天真 (thian-chin), 幼稚 (zh-min-nan) (iù-tī)
- Cornish: anfel
- Czech: naivní (cs)
- Danish: naiv, enfoldig
- Dutch: naïef (nl), tegen beter weten in
- Esperanto: naiva (eo)
- Finnish: naiivi (fi)
- French: naïf (fr), ingénu (fr)
- Galician: inxenuo (gl)
- Georgian: გულუბრყვილო (gulubrq̇vilo), მიამიტი (ka) (miamiṭi)
- German: unbefangen (de), naiv (de), blauäugig (de)
- Greek: αφελής (el) (afelís)
- Ancient Greek: ἀπειρόκακος (apeirókakos)
- Ancient: εὐήθης (euḗthēs)
- Hebrew: נָאִיבִי (he) (na’ívi), תָּמִים (he) (tamím)
- Hungarian: naiv (hu)
- Ido: naiva (io)
- Indonesian: naif (id)
- Irish: soineanta
- Italian: ingenuo (it), candido (it), semplice (it), spontaneo (it), credulone (it), sempliciotto (it)
- Japanese: 無邪気な (ja) (むじゃきな, mujaki na), あどけない (ja) (adokenai)
- Korean: 순진하다 (ko) (sunjinhada), 우직하다 (ko) (ujikhada), 박직하다 (bakjikhada)
- Lao: ໄຮ້ດຽງສາ (hai dīang sā)
- Latin: credulus, simplex (la)
- Latvian: naivs
- Luxembourgish: naiv (lb)
- Macedonian: наивен (naiven)
- Maori: tūpatokore
- Norwegian: enfoldig (no)
- Bokmål: naiv (no), godtroende (no)
- Nynorsk: naiv
- Persian: ساده لوح (fa) (sâde-lowh), خام (fa) (xâm), ببو (fa) (babu)
- Polish: naiwny (pl)
- Portuguese: ingénuo (pt) (Portugal), ingênuo (pt) (Brazil)
- Romanian: naiv (ro)
- Russian: наи́вный (ru) (naívnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: soineannta
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: на̏ӣван
- Roman: nȁīvan (sh)
- Slovak: naivný
- Slovene: naiven
- Spanish: cándido (es), ingenuo (es)
- Swedish: naiv (sv), blåögd (sv), oskyldig (sv)
- Thai: ไร้เดียงสา (rái-diiang-sǎa)
- Turkish: saf (tr), naif (tr)
- Ukrainian: наї́вний (najívnyj)
- Vietnamese: ngờ nghệch (vi), ngây thơ (vi)
- Yiddish: תּמימותדיק (temimesdik)
(art) simple, childlike style
- Bulgarian: простоду́шен (bg) (prostodúšen)
- Catalan: naïf (ca)
- Finnish: naivistinen (fi)
- French: naïf (fr)
- Galician: naíf
- Greek: ναΐφ (naḯf)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: naiv (no)
- Nynorsk: naiv
- Portuguese: naïf (pt)
- Russian: простоду́шный (ru) (prostodúšnyj)
- Spanish: naíf (es), naif (es)
- Turkish: naif (tr)
Noun[edit]
naive (plural naives)
- A naive person; a greenhorn.
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2010, Daphne Oz, The Dorm Room Diet:
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As a seasoned woman—of nineteen—I felt it was my place to tell each of these naïves that such plans were easier made than followed.
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2018, King Midas, Stupid Brokers — Stupid Clients:
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In other words, they’d buy securities from these naives for 55 and sell them similar securities for 65. In plain English, they’d pay $550 per $1,000 bond and turn right around and sell them similar stuff for $650.
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References[edit]
- ^ naive, naïve at Google Ngram Viewer
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “naive”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “naive”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 “naive”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 “naive” (US) / “naive” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 “naive” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 “naive”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “naive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- ^ U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
- ^ Guardian and Observer style guide, theguardian.com
- ^ What’s a Diaeresis? | Merriam-Webster
Further reading[edit]
- naive at OneLook Dictionary Search
- naïve, naive at Google Ngram Viewer
Anagrams[edit]
- avine, naevi, navie, nævi
Danish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
naive
- inflection of naiv:
- definite singular
- plural
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From naiva + -e.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): [naˈive]
- Rhymes: -ive
- Hyphenation: na‧i‧ve
Adverb[edit]
naive
- naively
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
naive
- inflection of naiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Adjective[edit]
naive
- definite singular/plural of naiv
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Adjective[edit]
naive
- definite singular/plural of naiv
Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
naive
- absolute definite natural masculine singular of naiv.
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adjective
having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous: She’s so naive she believes everything she reads.He has a very naive attitude toward politics.
having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
having or marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training or technique: valuable naive 19th-century American portrait paintings.
not having previously been the subject of a scientific experiment, as an animal.
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Origin of naive
First recorded in 1645–55; from French, feminine of naïf, Old French naif “natural, instinctive,” from Latin nātīvus native
usage note for naive
This word is spelled with a dieresis over the i (ï) in French, indicating that it is a separate vowel sound. Many people retain this spelling when writing in English.
OTHER WORDS FROM naive
na·ive·ly, adverbna·ive·ness, nounun·na·ive, adjective
Words nearby naive
nairu, Naismith, Naismith’s rule, naissance, naissant, naive, naively, naive realism, naiveté, naivety, Najaf
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Words related to naive
ignorant, innocent, simple, sincere, unsophisticated, wide-eyed, aboveboard, artless, callow, candid, confiding, countrified, credulous, forthright, frank, fresh, green, guileless, gullible, harmless
How to use naive in a sentence
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Meanwhile, some pandemic experts say that presuming a return to normal public life, critical to Disney, would be naive anytime in the near future.
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We’re not naive to think that a business deal can’t blow up.
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It would be naive to think a robust sports schedule would have prevented the Capitol riot.
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It was always optimistic, boarding on the naive, to think a new year would immediately wash away the problems of 2020.
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In many ways and for many years, Viking scholars have been naive and simplistic about their acknowledgement and recognition of gender variation in the later Iron Age.
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I was naive enough to assume that he would, at most, rob me.
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Artists now consider the Ideal Palace a piece of “naive” or “outsider” art.
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She tackles weighty subjects with a naive sensibility and faux-innocence, but skillfully avoids dumbing them down.
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I was definitely naive, I think the main similarity between me and Hal is that we were naive.
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Maybe you can call it naive but that’s the way Shae simply is.
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And Jansoulet felt the delight of a child, a plebeian joy, compounded of ignorance and naive vanity.
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There was a naturalness in his enjoyment which was almost boylike; a naive sort of exultation possessed him.
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Buzonniere, Rochfort and Fangouse are milder and more naive in their demonstrations and their works are of no weight or interest.
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A remark which Mendelssohn once made in his peculiar naive manner is very characteristic of him and his opinion of Chopin.
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But he got the impression that she was almost fantastically naive.
British Dictionary definitions for naive
adjective
- having or expressing innocence and credulity; ingenuous
- (as collective noun; preceded by the)only the naive believed him
artless or unsophisticated
lacking developed powers of analysis, reasoning, or criticisma naive argument
noun
Derived forms of naive
naively, navely or nafly, adverbnaiveness, naveness or nafness, noun
Word Origin for naive
C17: from French, feminine of naïf, from Old French naif native, spontaneous, from Latin nātīvus native, from nasci to be born
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