Hypertext Webster Gateway: "naive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Naive \Na"["i]ve`\, a. [F. na["i]f, fem. na["i]ve, fr. L.
nativus innate, natural, native. See {Native}, and cf.
{Na["i]f}.]
Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless;
frank; as, na["i]ve manners; a na["i]ve person; na["i]ve and
unsophisticated remarks.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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