naiveadjective
also naïve, naïf uk/naɪˈiːv/us/naɪˈiːv/mainly disapprovingC1 too willing to believe that someone is telling the truth, that people's intentions in general are good, or that life is simple and fair. People are often naive because they are young and/or have not had much experience of life:
She was very naive to believe that he'd stay with her.
They make the naive assumption that because it's popular it must be good.
It was a little naive of you to think that they would listen to your suggestions.
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Naive & trusting
- an easy touch idiom
- be easy game/meat idiom
- be easy prey idiom
- be wet behind the ears idiom
- butter
- dewy-eyed
- easy
- idealist
- impressionable
- ingenuous
- prey
- pushover
- see things in black and white idiom
- simple
- soft touch
- sucker
- unsophisticated
- unsuspecting
- wet
- wide-eyed
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naively
adverb also naïvely uk/naɪˈiːv.li/us/naɪˈiːv.li/
I naively believed he was telling the truth.