Naive Definition

näēv

adjective

naver, navest

Lacking worldly experience and understanding, especially:

American Heritage

Unaffectedly or foolishly simple; childlike; artless.

Webster's New World

Not suspicious; credulous.

Webster's New World

Showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgment.

American Heritage

Not having experienced or been subjected to something, as:

American Heritage Medicine

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noun

One who is artless, credulous, or uncritical.

American Heritage

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Other Word Forms of Naive

Base Form:

naive

Comparative:

naver

Superlative:

navest

French naïve feminine of naïf from Old French naif natural, native from Latin nātīvus native, rustic from nātus past participle of nāscī to be born genə- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French naïve, from Latin nativus (“native, natural").

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