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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a naive or inexperienced person;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience;
- Example: "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"
- Example: "the naive assumption that things can only get better"
- Example: "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"
[syn: naive, naif]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Naif \Na"["i]f`\ (?; formerly ?), a. [F. na["i]f. See Na["i]ve.] 1. Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied by jewelers to a precious stone. [1913 Webster] 2. Na["i]ve; as, a na["i]f remark. --London Spectator. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

naif adj 1: 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, naif] [ant: sophisticated] n 1: a naive or inexperienced person
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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