Naif \Na"["i]f`\ (?; formerly ?), a. [F. na["i]f. See
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
naif
adj : marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile
or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of
life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get
better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly
eyes so eager to believe appearances" [syn: naive]
[ant: sophisticated]
WordNet (r) 2.0
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "naif":
babe, boob, child, child of nature, chump, cinch, credulous person,
cull, dove, dupe, easy mark, easy pickings, fall guy, fish, fool,
gobe-mouches, greener, greenhorn, greeny, gudgeon, gull, hick,
infant, ingenue, innocent, lamb, leadpipe cinch, lout, mere child,
monkey, noble savage, oaf, patsy, pigeon, plaything, prize sap,
pushover, rube, sap, saphead, schlemiel, simple soul, sitting duck,
stooge, sucker, toy, trusting soul, unsophisticate, victim,
yokel
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
naive
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