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NAIF

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A naive or inexperienced person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("naif" is a kind of...):

inexperienced person; innocent (a person who lacks knowledge of evil)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances

Synonyms:

naif; naive

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

childlike; dewy-eyed; round-eyed; simple; wide-eyed (exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity)

credulous (showing a lack of judgment or experience)

fleeceable; green; gullible (naive and easily deceived or tricked)

ingenuous; innocent (lacking in sophistication or worldliness)

simple-minded (lacking subtlety and insight)

unsophisticated; unworldly (not wise in the ways of the world)

Also:

credulous (disposed to believe on little evidence)

uninformed (not informed; lacking in knowledge or information)

unworldly (not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations)

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