naive

Speech parts

1. naive - Noun

2. naive - Adjective

3. naive - Adjective Satellite

Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks.

Source: Webster's dictionary

uninitiated callow simple green plain primitive susceptible innocent inexperienced sincere ignorant trusting unsophisticated gullible naif

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sophisticated arch foxy machiavellian down-to-earth blase

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The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately. Saul Bellow

Anybody who comes to you and says he has a perfect language is either naïve or a salesman. Bjarne Stroustrup

It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be. Anatole France

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption. James Thurber

One who believes everything he's told is as naive as one who fetches water with a sieve. Sicilian Proverb

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