Meaning

4 senses
  1. Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.

    unbefangen, naiv, blauäugig

    наи́вныйnaívnyj

    наї́внийnajívnyj

    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience

  2. Not having been exposed to something.

  3. Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.

    простоду́шныйprostodúšnyj

    of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

  4. Intuitive; designed to follow the way ordinary people approach a problem.

Examples

234 sentences
  1. I was young and naive then.

    Я тоді був молодим та наївним. — deniko

    ruЯ тогда был молод и наивен. — marafon

  2. I'm surprised that you're so naive.

    Я здивований, що ти такий наївний. — ChickenKiev

    ruМеня удивляет твоя наивность. — odexed

  3. How can you be so naive?

    Як ти можеш бути таким наївним? — deniko

    ruКак ты можешь быть таким наивным? — Balamax

  4. Tom is quite naive, isn't he?

    Том досить-таки наївний, еге ж? — deniko

    deTom ist ziemlich naiv, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

  5. Tom is very naive, isn't he?

    Том дуже наївний, так? — deniko

    deTom ist sehr naiv, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement:
Русский
By meaning 2
lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement:
(art) simple, childlike style:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement:

Origin

Borrowed from French naïve, feminine form of naïf, from Latin nātīvus (“native, natural”).

Borrowed from French naïve, feminine form of naïf, from Latin nātīvus (“native, natural”). Doublet of native.

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Forms

naiver/more naive, naivest/most naive
Comparativenaiver / more naive Lesson
Superlativenaivest / most naive Lesson

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Synonyms

38 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience:naif
  • of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style:primitive
  • not initiated; deficient in relevant experience:uninitiateuninitiated
  • lacking information or instruction:uninstructedunenlightened

Antonyms

7 antonyms

Word family

22 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • as naive as
  • young and naive
  • was very naive
  • isn't as naive

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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