naive

See also naïve

English

Alternative forms

• naïve

Etymology

From French naïve, from Latin nativus (“native, natural”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /naɪˈiv/

Adjective

naive (comparative more naive, superlative most naive)

1. Lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement.

   Surely you're not naive enough to believe adverts!

2. (of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.

   I've always liked the naive way in which he ignores all the background detail.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:naive

Antonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:naive

Derived terms

• naively
• naivete
• naivety
• naiveness

Related terms

• naif
• naïf

Translations

lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement

• Arabic: ساذج (ar) (sādhaj)
• Armenian: միամիտ (hy) (miamit), պարզամիտ (hy) (parzamit)
• Bulgarian: наивен (bg) (naiven)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. and simpl. 天真 (pinyin: tiānzhēn), trad. and simpl. 幼稚 (pinyin: yòuzhì)

• Czech: naivní (cs)
• Danish: naiv (da), enfoldig (da)
• Dutch: naïef (nl)
• Esperanto: naiva (eo)
• Finnish: naiivi (fi)
• French: naïf (fr) m, naïve (fr) f
• German: unbefangen (de), naiv (de)
• Greek: αφελής (el) (afelís) m and f
• Hebrew: נָאִיבִי (he) (na'ívi), תָּמִים (he) (tamím)
• Hungarian: naiv (hu)
• Italian: ingenuo (it)
• Japanese: 無邪気 (ja) (mujaki), あどけない (ja) (adokenai)

• Korean: 순진한 (ko) (sunjinhan), 우직한 (ko) (ujikhan), 박직한 (ko) (bakjikhan)
• Lao: ໄຮ້ດຽງສາ (lo)
• Latin: credulus (la), simplex (la)
• Luxembourgish: naiv (lb)
• Norwegian: naiv (no), godtroende (no)
• Polish: naiwny (pl)
• Portuguese: ingênuo (pt)
• Russian: наивный (ru) (naívnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: soineannta (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: наиван (sh)

  Roman: naivan (sh)

• Spanish: cándido (es), ingenuo (es)
• Swedish: naiv (sv), blåögd (sv), oskyldig (sv)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

(art) simple, childlike style

• Catalan: naïf (ca)
• French: naïf (fr) m, naïve (fr) f

• Greek: ναΐφ (el) (naḯf)
• Spanish: naíf (es), naif (es)

Anagrams

• naevi, navie

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Danish

Adjective

naive

1. plural and definite of naiv

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Esperanto

Adverb

naive

1. naively

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German

Adjective

naive

1. inflected form of naiv

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Swedish

Adjective

naive

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of naiv.