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1. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
   "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life";
   - naif, naïve, naïf
    
2. (fine arts) of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
   "naive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colourful and striking";
   - primitive, naïve
    
3. Inexperienced
   - naïve
    
4. Lacking information or instruction
   "lamentably naive as to the laws";
   - uninstructed, unenlightened, naïve
    
5. Not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
   "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject";
   - uninitiate, uninitiated, naïve

Derived forms: naivest, naiver

See also: childlike, credulous, dewy-eyed, fleeceable, green, gullible, inexperienced, inexperient [non-standard], ingenuous, innate, innocent, jackleg [US, informal], round-eyed, simple, simple-minded, simplistic, unconditioned, uninformed, unlearned, unsophisticated, untrained, unworldly, wet behind the ears, wide-eyed

Encyclopedia: Naive, Super