Found 4 items, similar to naive.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: naive
naif, polos
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: naive
tak dibuat-buat
naif
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: naive
naive
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:
naif]
[ant:
sophisticated]
2: lacking experience of life;
“a callow youth of seventeen”
[syn:
callow,
inexperienced,
unsophisticated]
3: lacking sophistication [syn:
unsophisticated]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: naive
naive
\na*ive"\, naive
\na*["i]ve"\(n[aum]*[=e]v"), a. [F.
na["i]f, fem. na["i]ve, fr. L. nativus innate, natural,
native. See
Native, and cf.
Na["i]f.]
1. Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous;
artless; frank; as, na["i]ve manners; a na["i]ve person;
na["i]ve and unsophisticated remarks.
[1913 Webster]
2. Having a lack of knowledge, judgment, or experience;
especially, lacking sophistication in judging the motives
of others; credulous; as, a naive belief in the honesty of
politicians.
[PJC]
naive
\na*ive"\, naive
\na*["i]ve"\(n[aum]*[=e]v"), a. [F.
na["i]f, fem. na["i]ve, fr. L. nativus innate, natural,
native. See
Native, and cf.
Na["i]f.]
1. Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous;
artless; frank; as, na["i]ve manners; a na["i]ve person;
na["i]ve and unsophisticated remarks.
[1913 Webster]
2. Having a lack of knowledge, judgment, or experience;
especially, lacking sophistication in judging the motives
of others; credulous; as, a naive belief in the honesty of
politicians.
[PJC]