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
noun
One who is artless, credulous, or uncritical.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Naive

Adjective

Base Form:
naive
Comparative:
naver
Superlative:
navest

Origin of Naive

  • 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").

    From Wiktionary

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