Definitions for naive

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naive na·ive

Spelling: [nah-eev]

IPA: /nɑˈiv/

Naive is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in naive (aeinv).

Definitions for naive

adjective

1. having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
2. having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous:
3. having or marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training or technique:
4. not having previously been the subject of a scientific experiment, as an animal.

Origin of naive

1645-55; French, feminine of naïf, Old French naif natural, instinctive Latin nātīvus native

Examples for naive

Not that I should advise you to imitate this naive way out of a difficulty.

Maybe you can call it naive but that's the way Shae simply is.

Artists now consider the Ideal Palace a piece of “naive” or “outsider” art.

At this naive statement, the sheepman could not restrain a smile.

She tackles weighty subjects with a naive sensibility and faux-innocence, but skillfully avoids dumbing them down.

Some of the forms it assumes are simple and naive, like feudal rights.

She raised her blue eyes toward the ceiling in a naive rapture.

A fellow of some innocence in his naive duplicity, but none the less dangerous.

I was naive enough to assume that he would, at most, rob me.

I was definitely naive, I think the main similarity between me and Hal is that we were naive.