naive

adjective

/naɪˈiːv/

(also naïve)

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(disapproving) not having enough knowledge, good judgement or experience of life and too willing to believe that people always tell you the truth
- to be politically naive
- I can't believe you were so naive as to trust him!
- a naive question
Wordfinder
- adolescent
- immature
- mixed up
- naive
- puberty
- rebellious
- sulky
- tearaway
- teenager
- young
Extra Examples
- He regarded the move as politically naive.
- He made some particularly naive remarks.
- It would be naive of us to think that football is only a game.
Topics Life stagesc1, Personal qualitiesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- appear
- be
- prove
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
phrases
- call somebody naive
See full entry
(approving) (of people and their behaviour) innocent and simple synonym artless
- Their approach to life is refreshingly naive.
compare sophisticated
(specialist) (of art) in a style which is deliberately very simple, often uses bright colours and is similar to that produced by a child

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Latin nativus ‘native, natural’.

单词	naive
释义	naive adjective /naɪˈiːv/ /naɪˈiːv/ (also naïve) jump to other results (disapproving) not having enough knowledge, good judgement or experience of life and too willing to believe that people always tell you the truth to be politically naive I can't believe you were so naive as to trust him! a naive question Wordfinder adolescent immature mixed up naive puberty rebellious sulky tearaway teenager young Extra Examples He regarded the move as politically naive. He made some particularly naive remarks. It would be naive of us to think that football is only a game. Topics Life stagesc1, Personal qualitiesc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs appear be prove … adverb extremely fairly very … phrases call somebody naive See full entry (approving) (of people and their behaviour) innocent and simple synonym artless Their approach to life is refreshingly naive. compare sophisticated (specialist) (of art) in a style which is deliberately very simple, often uses bright colours and is similar to that produced by a child Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French naïve, feminine of naïf, from Latin nativus ‘native, natural’.
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