naive

See also naïve

English

Alternative forms

• naïve

Etymology

From French naïve, from Latin nativus (“native, natural”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /naɪˈiv/

Adjective

naive (comparative more naive, superlative most naive)

1. Lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement.

   Surely you're not naive enough to believe adverts!

2. (of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.

   I've always liked the naive way in which he ignores all the background detail.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:naive

Antonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:naive

Derived terms

• naively
• naivete
• naivety
• naiveness

Related terms

• naif
• naïf

Translations

lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement

Arabic: ساذج (ar) (sādhaj) Armenian: միամիտ (hy) (miamit), պարզամիտ (hy) (parzamit) Bulgarian: наивен (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. and simpl. 天真 (pinyin: tiānzhēn), trad. and simpl. 幼稚 (pinyin: yòuzhì) Czech: naivní (cs) Danish: naiv (da), enfoldig (da) Dutch: naïef (nl) Esperanto: naiva (eo) Finnish: naiivi (fi) French: naïf (fr) m., naïve (fr) f. German: unbefangen (de), naiv (de) Greek: αφελής (el) (afelís) m. and f. Hebrew: נָאִיבִי (he) (na'ívi), תָּמִים (he) (tamím) Hungarian: naiv (hu) Italian: ingenuo (it) Japanese: 無邪気 (ja) (mujaki), あどけない (ja) (adokenai)

Korean: 순진한 (ko) (sunjinhan), 우직한 (ko) (ujikhan), 박직한 (ko) (bakjikhan) Lao: ໄຮ້ດຽງສາ (lo) Latin: credulus (la), simplex (la) Luxembourgish: naiv (lb) Norwegian: naiv (no), godtroende (no) Polish: naiwny (pl) Portuguese: ingênuo (pt) Russian: наивный (ru) (naívnyj) Scottish Gaelic: soineannta (gd) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: наиван (sh) Roman: naivan (sh) Spanish: cándido (es), ingenuo (es) Swedish: naiv (sv) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

(art) simple, childlike style

Catalan: naïf (ca) French: naïf (fr) m., naïve (fr) f.

Greek: ναΐφ (el) (naḯf) Spanish: naíf (es), naif (es)

Anagrams

• naevi, navie

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Danish

Adjective

naive

1. plural and definite of naiv

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Esperanto

Adverb

naive

1. naively

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Swedish

Adjective

naive

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of naiv.