- 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
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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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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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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
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artless, believing, callow, candid, countrified, en.synonym.one, credulous, earnest, genuine, guileless, gullible, honest, ignorant, ingenuous, innocent, innocuous, instinctive, jejune, plain, provincial, real, romantic, simple, simple-minded, sincere, spontaneous, en.synonym.one, trustful, truthful, unaffected, unsophisticated, untrained, unworldly, naif, primitive, unenlightened, uninitiate, uninitiated, en.synonym.one, uninstructed.
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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
What is another word for naive?
805 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ na͡ɪˈiːv], [ naɪˈiːv], [ n_aɪ_ˈiː_v]
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adj.
• all (adjective)
- primitive,
- naive.
• artless (adjective)
- open,
- outgoing,
- blunt,
- sincere,
- genuine,
- direct,
- Unbeguiling,
- uncontrived,
- honest,
- overt,
- downright,
- artless,
- trusting,
- plain,
- ingenuous,
- unrestrained,
- broad,
- undeceiving,
- careless,
- unadorned,
- candid,
- undeceitful,
- straightforward,
- undeceptive,
- Plain-spoken,
- unpretentious,
- uncalculating.
• callow (adjective)
- un baked,
- un trained,
- un tried,
- un-ripest,
- un-fledged,
- un triedest,
- un fledged,
- most unbaked,
- un-triedest,
- more tenderfoot,
- more sophomore,
- un-trained,
- most unfledged,
- un-riper,
- most sophomore,
- more unbaked,
- most jellybean,
- un trieder,
- most tenderfoot,
- kiddest,
- more jellybean,
- un-baked,
- un-trieder,
- un ripest,
- un riper,
- un-ripe,
- un ripe,
- un-tried,
- more unfledged.
• childish (adjective)
- most infantine,
- more infantine.
• childlike, trusting (adjective)
- innocent,
- instinctive,
- unjaded,
- virgin,
- original,
- confiding,
- countrified,
- jejune,
- lamb,
- square,
- spontaneous,
- patsy,
- green,
- unschooled,
- unsuspecting,
- fresh,
- aboveboard,
- gullible,
- credulous,
- simple-minded,
- innocuous,
- forthright,
- sucker,
- untaught,
- impulsive.
• dewy-eyed (adjective)
- most wide eyed,
- wide eyed,
- more wideeyed,
- dewyeyed,
- more wide eyed,
- more dovelike,
- un-corrupted,
- dewy eyed,
- un defiled,
- most wideeyed,
- most wide-eyed,
- wideeyed,
- un corrupted,
- more wide-eyed,
- un-defiled,
- most dovelike.
• easy (adjective)
- more unsuspicious,
- un oppressive,
- most unsuspicious,
- most pardoning,
- most deceivable,
- sub-missive,
- more fleeceable,
- un-oppressive,
- most deludable,
- more pardoning,
- more spoiling,
- most spoiling,
- un burdensome,
- more deceivable,
- un-burdensome,
- more humoring,
- most unoppressive,
- more mollycoddling,
- more deludable,
- most excusing,
- most unburdensome,
- more excusing,
- most fleeceable,
- more pampering,
- most pampering,
- more forgiving,
- un-suspicious,
- Unoppressive,
- sub missive,
- un suspicious,
- more unburdensome,
- lax,
- more unoppressive,
- most mollycoddling,
- most humoring.
• exploitable (adjective)
- more exploitatory,
- more exploitative,
- most exploitive,
- more exploitive,
- most exploitative,
- most exploitatory.
• frank (adjective)
- from hip,
- most plain-spoken,
- more flat-out,
- like it is,
- un restricted,
- out spoken,
- lay it line,
- heart to heart,
- un inhibited,
- more heart-to-heart,
- out right,
- lay the line,
- bare faced,
- more bare faced,
- un disguised,
- out righter,
- most undisguised,
- out-spoken,
- call spade spade,
- outspoken,
- un-reserved,
- un-restricted,
- most bare-faced,
- more flat out,
- most flatout,
- out-right,
- flatout,
- most heart to heart,
- lay line,
- call a spade spade,
- un-concealed,
- more heart to heart,
- un-inhibited,
- un concealed,
- more bare-faced,
- trans-parent,
- more plain-spoken,
- most heart-to-heart,
- trans parent,
- saying what thinks,
- most flat-out,
- more plain spoken,
- lay on line,
- most bare faced,
- like is,
- lay it the line,
- more flatout,
- un-disguised,
- out-righter,
- more undisguised,
- call spade a spade,
- most plain spoken,
- lay it on line,
- out rightest,
- most flat out.
• green (adjective)
- Unconversant,
- wet behind the ears.
• guileless (adjective)
- Undesigning.
• harmless (adjective)
- more painless,
- in-noxious,
- more paper-tiger,
- most papertiger,
- manageable,
- re liablest,
- more nontoxic,
- most pussycat,
- un objectionable,
- un-objectionable,
- most paper tiger,
- most nonirritating,
- most painless,
- most disarmed,
- non toxic,
- non irritating,
- most hurtless,
- in-nocuous,
- more nonirritating,
- in operative,
- more disarmed,
- more hurtless,
- in offensive,
- most innoxious,
- dis-armed,
- most softie,
- most paper-tiger,
- in-offensive,
- more softie,
- in noxious,
- re-liabler,
- dis armed,
- re liabler,
- papertiger,
- non-irritating,
- more papertiger,
- in-operative,
- more pussycat,
- more innoxious,
- in nocuous,
- re-liable,
- most nontoxic,
- re-liablest,
- guiltless,
- more paper tiger.
• ignorant (adjective)
- blind to,
- cretinous,
- unmindful,
- shallower,
- witless,
- unknowledgeable,
- uninstructed,
- shallow,
- unscholarly,
- unread,
- unconscious,
- unintellectual,
- nescient,
- mindless,
- birdbrained,
- apprenticed,
- misinformed.
• ill-considered (adjective)
- ill-considered,
- ill considered,
- illconsidered.
• incapable (adjective)
- in-eligible,
- in-competent,
- in proficient,
- un-equipped,
- in capable,
- in-proficient,
- un qualified,
- in-sufficient,
- not to,
- most inproficient,
- most disqualified,
- in-capable,
- ineffective,
- un cool,
- more inproficient,
- dis qualified,
- more unequipped,
- more disqualified,
- most butterfingers,
- un ablest,
- un-ablest,
- un equipped,
- in effective,
- un-skilled,
- in eligible,
- in adequate,
- in-adequate,
- un skilled,
- most uncool,
- un-fit,
- un suited,
- more butterfingers,
- dis-qualified,
- impotent,
- in competent,
- incapable,
- un-cool,
- in sufficient,
- more ineffective,
- un-qualified,
- losing,
- more uncool,
- un-suited,
- most unequipped,
- un abler,
- insufficient,
- in-effective,
- un-abler.
• inexperienced (adjective)
- most amateur,
- more amateur,
- in-experienced,
- un disciplined,
- un accustomed,
- more prentice,
- most prentice,
- un acquainted,
- more rookie,
- most rookie,
- in experienced,
- un-used,
- un-disciplined,
- un-accustomed,
- un-acquainted.
• infant/infantile (adjective)
- more developing,
- more dawning,
- growing,
- infant,
- initial,
- most nascent,
- most developing,
- more nascent,
- more newborn,
- most newborn,
- most dawning.
• ingenuous (adjective)
- like babe the woods,
- like a babe woods,
- most unartful,
- like a babe in woods,
- most unartificial,
- like babe in woods,
- more unartful,
- un artful,
- un-artful,
- like babe woods,
- like babe in the woods,
- more unartificial,
- un artificial,
- like a babe the woods.
• innocent (adjective)
- angelic,
- untainted,
- white,
- unspotted,
- spotless,
- snowy,
- chaste,
- untarnished,
- virginal,
- blameless,
- pure-hearted,
- unblemished.
• juvenile (adjective)
- kiddish,
- pubescent,
- beardless,
- milk-fed,
- junior,
- girlish,
- unweaned.
• natural (adjective)
- more unlabored,
- more unembarrassed,
- more simplehearted,
- un-feigned,
- un labored,
- most inartificial,
- laidback,
- most simplehearted,
- un embarrassed,
- most unembarrassed,
- un-labored,
- most up front,
- most unlabored,
- in artificial,
- more unassumed,
- most up-front,
- folksy,
- un-embarrassed,
- un forced,
- un-assumed,
- un feigned,
- most upfront,
- un assumed,
- un-forced,
- more up-front,
- more upfront,
- in-artificial,
- more inartificial,
- more up front,
- most unassumed.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- Kidder,
- Unoffensive,
- natural,
- atavistic,
- Unlabored,
- straight-shooting,
- cornfed,
- straight-from-the-shoulder,
- Infantine,
- Hurtless,
- frank,
- up-front,
- like a babe in the woods,
- being oneself,
- wide-eyed,
- prentice,
- exploitatory,
- Unartful,
- Unbaked,
- childish,
- unsuspicious,
- Deludable,
- Thick-headed,
- unaffected,
- babe in woods,
- call a spade a spade,
- unfledged,
- unspoilt,
- straight from the shoulder,
- lay it on the line,
- from the hip,
- juvenile,
- harmless,
- corn-fed,
- paper-tiger,
- nontoxic,
- vestigial,
- unworldly,
- unwise,
- jellybean,
- easy,
- un-artificial,
- laid back,
- heart-to-heart,
- innoxious,
- nonirritating,
- unembarrassed,
- straight-out,
- Deceivable,
- exploitative,
- ungrown,
- unstudied,
- simple,
- pussycat,
- not equal to,
- straight shooting,
- thick-witted,
- simpleminded,
- brutish,
- Unartificial,
- fleeceable,
- not dry behind ears,
- matter of fact,
- clueless,
- unsophisticated,
- non-toxic,
- untutored,
- stupid,
- sophomore,
- not up to,
- humoring,
- ignorant,
- wet behind ears,
- Inartificial,
- unequipped,
- spring chicken,
- callow,
- guileless,
- exploitive,
- puerile,
- nascent,
- simplehearted,
- Dovelike,
- upfront,
- Unburdensome,
- inproficient,
- uninitiate,
- undisguised,
- bare-faced,
- softie,
- exploitable,
- nonliterate,
- low tech,
- babylike,
- cornball,
- painless,
- saying what one thinks,
- uncool,
- lay on the line,
- halfwitted,
- Dupable,
- inexperienced,
- unassumed,
- unfamiliar with.
• plainspoken (adjective)
- man-to-man.
• primitive (adjective)
- most untutored,
- pre literate,
- pre-literate,
- un-refined,
- un tutored,
- un refined,
- most vestigial,
- most nonliterate,
- under-developed,
- more nonliterate,
- more brutish,
- un-tamed,
- most preliterate,
- un-domesticated,
- most atavistic,
- more preliterate,
- more vestigial,
- un civilized,
- most brutish,
- untamed,
- more atavistic,
- un tamed,
- under developed,
- non-literate,
- un domesticated,
- un-civilized,
- non literate,
- un-tutored,
- more untutored.
• puerile (adjective)
- most babylike,
- more babylike,
- un-grown,
- most ungrown,
- more ungrown,
- un grown.
• simple (adjective)
- Unexperienced.
• simpleminded (adjective)
- un-complicated,
- more clueless,
- feeble minded,
- un complicated,
- most clueless.
• straight-out (adjective)
- straightout,
- straight out.
• straight-shooting (adjective)
- straightshooting.
• stupid (adjective)
- in-sensate,
- dummiest,
- out lunch,
- most thick-headed,
- more thick-headed,
- most thick headed,
- more thick headed,
- in sensate,
- un thinking,
- half witted,
- thick headed,
- most loser,
- more loser,
- un intelligent,
- un-thinking,
- in-discreet,
- illadvised,
- in discreet,
- un-intelligent,
- dummier.
• thick-witted (adjective)
- thickwitted,
- thick witted.
• trusting (adjective)
- undoubting.
• unaffected (adjective)
- un affected,
- un spoilt,
- un assuming,
- un-spoilt,
- most unspoilt,
- more unspoilt,
- un-affected.
• unguarded (adjective)
- Uncircumspect,
- unreflective,
- unalert,
- unwatchful,
- unvigilant.
• uninstructed (adjective)
- un-instructed,
- un instructed.
• unoffensive (adjective)
- un-offensive,
- un offensive.
• unpracticed (adjective)
- un-practiced,
- un practiced.
• unscholarly (adjective)
- un-scholarly,
- most unstudious,
- more unstudious,
- un-studious,
- un scholarly,
- unstudious,
- un studious.
• unschooled (adjective)
- un-schooled,
- un schooled.
• unsophisticated (adjective)
- un adulterated,
- un involved,
- un-sophisticated,
- un-adulterated,
- un-involved,
- more cornball,
- most cornball,
- bushleague,
- un sophisticated.
• unstudied (adjective)
- un-studied,
- ex temporary,
- extemporary,
- un studied,
- ex-temporary.
• unsuspecting (adjective)
- unwarned,
- off guard,
- taken in.
• unworldly (adjective)
- most corn fed,
- more corn fed,
- un worldliest,
- babe woods,
- un worldly,
- more cornfed,
- most cornfed,
- un-worldlier,
- un-worldly,
- most corn-fed,
- more corn-fed,
- un worldlier,
- un-worldliest,
- corn fed.
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- unqualified,
- be unused to (doing) something,
- unskilled.
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- an easy target.
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- babe in the woods,
- knowledge.
• childlike (noun)
- childlike.
• dewy-eyed (noun)
- dewy-eyed.
• ingenue (noun)
- trusting souls,
- gullible people,
- babe the woods,
- simple souls,
- gullible persons.
• ingenuous (noun)
- romantic,
- rustic,
- easily imposed upon,
- unfeigned,
- unpolished,
- fanciful,
- provincial,
- boorish,
- uncomplicated.
• naif (noun)
- naif.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- gullible person,
- trusting soul,
- naives,
- simple soul.
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Other synonyms:
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- inexperience,
- gullibility,
- uneducated,
- credulity,
- unlettered,
- impressionable,
- preliterate,
- untried,
- jungli,
- lay,
- illiterate,
- sheltered,
- Deluded,
- fledgling.
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•
- rough-and-ready,
- innocence,
- untrained,
- babe,
- scholar,
- uncultivated,
- unrefined,
- barbarous,
- rough-hewn,
- armchair.
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•
- child.
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- raw.
• babyish
- infantile.
• immature
- immature,
- dry.
• inexperienced
- young.
• naive
- obvious.
• trite
- mickey mouse.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- unpracticed,
- uncritical,
- not difficult,
- Cullible,
- Frank-hearted,
- bluff,
- unprejudiced,
- crude,
- inane,
- unsure,
- simplistic,
- budding,
- groping,
- underage,
- Unlicked,
- round-eyed,
- dewy,
- transparent,
- plainspoken,
- tender,
- fond,
- ripening,
- Unhabituated,
- openhearted,
- bumpkinly,
- inexperient,
- native,
- unbiased,
- trusty,
- minor,
- unposted,
- rude,
- real,
- trustful,
- not sensible,
- imbecile,
- Depending,
- vernal,
- uncomprehending,
- unenlightened,
- pure,
- fair,
- Unmellowed,
- babyish,
- undeveloped,
- uninformed,
- unilluminated,
- Relying,
- awkward,
- susceptible,
- dumb,
- reliant,
- Lain,
- know-nothing,
- unadult,
- unreserved,
- empty-headed,
- unformed,
- juicy,
- unrealistic,
- tentative,
- befoolable,
- unfamiliar,
- Open-hearted,
- unacquainted,
- persuadable,
- Single-hearted,
- truthful,
- Sophomoric,
- impubic,
- unripe,
- conventional,
- unintelligent,
- uninitiated,
- impartial,
- unversed,
- daft,
- lowbrow,
- true,
- unknowing,
- vacuous,
- aw-shucks,
- single-minded,
- unwary,
- dependent,
- unguarded,
- unacquainted with,
- empty,
- unwitting,
- hick,
- unpretending,
- sappy,
- foolish,
- born yesterday,
- indiscreet,
- Simple-hearted,
- unproblematic,
- innate,
- ingenu,
- archaic,
- gauche,
- unlearned,
- blankminded,
- silly,
- unseasoned,
- believing,
- intact,
- benighted,
- unconditioned,
- soft,
- Unapprized,
- unquestioning,
- churlish,
- extraterrestrial.
How to use «Naive» in context?
When talking about people, one word that often comes to mind is naive. This word best describes someone who is unable to recognize the realities of the world and judge things accordingly. Naive people are often taken advantage of because they are not worldly wise and do not know how to handle difficult situations. However, there is much to admire about people who are naïve, as it can often lead them to be more creative and innovative. There is also a certain innocence about being naive that is refreshing and charming. Anyone can be naive to some degree, but there are certain cases where it is an actual strength.
Paraphrases for Naive:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
gullible, ingenuous.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
foolish, kindergarten, simple, unsuspecting, stupid.
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Other Related
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Adjective
childish, ignorant, innocent, naivety, simple-minded, simplistic.
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Homophones for Naive:
- neophobia, naif, nip, nineveh, Neve, neb, nave, niff, nymphaea, NPA, Nawab, nubia, nabob, nov, nebo, Niobe, niffy, neap, nypa, N.B., nippy, napa, nubby, nbw, nappy, nun buoy, nebe, new wave, nub, navaho, newbie, nap, napu, neva, nampa, ninib, navvy, nip off, nwbw, napaea, nape, nympho, nab, nv, nabu, nephew, napea, nbe, nymph, nob, nb, nova, navy, np, nepa, nib, numb, NIMBY, nipa, namibia.
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exemplary,
idealise,
monitory,
prophylactic,
warning,
RETD,
riflery,
twist tie,
fistbump.
Nearby words
- Nairnshire
- nairobi
- naishadha charita
- naismith
- naissance
- Naive
- (nuff) props to someone
- N
- n area
- n occurrence
- n y stock exchange
Resources
- NAIVE synonyms at Thesaurus.com
- NAIVE synonyms and antonyms — Merriam-Webster dictionary
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Powerthesaurus.org
— NAIVE synonyms - Collins Dictionary — synonyms of NAIVE
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YourDictionary
— another words for NAIVE


