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naive - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: naive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: childlike, trusting
Synonyms: aboveboard, artless, callow, candid, countrified, credulous, forthright, frank, fresh, green*, guileless, gullible, harmless, ignorant, impulsive, ingenuous, innocent, innocuous, instinctive, jejune, natural, open, original, patsy*, plain, simple, sincere, spontaneous, square, sucker, unaffected, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, untaught, unworldly, virgin, confiding, lamb, like a babe in the woods, simple-minded, unjaded, unsuspicious, wide-eyed
Antonyms: experienced, leery, skeptical, wise
Main Entry: artless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: simple
Synonyms: direct, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, plain, pure, sincere, straight, straightforward, true, unadorned, unaffected, unpretentious, unsophisticated, up front, talking turkey, uncontrived
Antonyms: artful, complicated, contrived, pretentious, sophisticated
Main Entry: callow
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: immature
Synonyms: crude, green, guileless, inexperienced, infant, jejune, juvenile, kid, naive, puerile, raw, tenderfoot, unripe, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, young, jellybean, low tech, not dry behind ears, sophomore, unbaked, unfledged
Notes: callow means lacking experience of life, immature - while shallow means lacking depth of intellect, emotion, or knowledge
Antonyms: experienced, initiated, mature, sophisticated
Main Entry: childish
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: immature, silly
Synonyms: adolescent, baby, babyish, callow, childlike, foolish, frivolous, green, infantile, innocent, jejune, juvenile, kid stuff*, naive, puerile, unsophisticated, young, youthful, infantine
Antonyms: adult, mature, sensible, serious, wise
Main Entry: dewy-eyed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: innocent
Synonyms: green, inexperienced, naive, pure, sinless, undefiled, unworldly, dovelike, uncorrupted, wide-eyed
Main Entry: frank
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: completely honest
Synonyms: aboveboard, apparent, artless, blunt, bold, brazen, candid, direct, downright, easy, familiar, flat-out*, forthright, free, guileless, ingenuous, matter-of-fact, naive, natural, open, outright, outspoken, plain, real, scrupulous, sincere, straight, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unconcealed, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestricted, up front, upright, bare-faced, call a spade a spade, from the hip, heart-to-heart, lay it on the line, like it is, plain-spoken, saying what one thinks, undisguised
Antonyms: devious, dishonest, evasive, insincere, secretive
Main Entry: guileless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: honest
Synonyms: aboveboard, artless, candid, frank, genuine, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, simple, sincere, straightforward, truthful, unaffected, unsophisticated, unstudied, simple-minded, undesigning
Antonyms: artful, clever, crafty, cunning, deceitful, dishonest, tricky, guileful
Main Entry: harmless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not injurious or dangerous
Synonyms: gentle, guiltless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, inoperative, kind, manageable, naive, powerless, reliable, safe, sanitary, simple, soft*, sound, sure, trustworthy, controllable, disarmed, hurtless, innoxious, nonirritating, nontoxic, painless, paper-tiger, pussycat, softie, unobjectionable, unoffensive
Antonyms: bad, destructive, evil, harmful, hurtful, injurious, sinful, wicked
Main Entry: ignorant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unaware, unknowing
Synonyms: dense, green*, illiterate, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, moronic, naive, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unlearned, unmindful, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless, apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, imbecilic, misinformed, nescient, unconversant, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlettered, unread
Antonyms: aware, competent, educated, intelligent, knowledgeable, literate, talented, wise
Main Entry: incapable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not adequate; helpless
Synonyms: butterfingers*, feeble, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, ineffective, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insufficient, losing, naive, poor, powerless, unable, unfit, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, unsuited, weak, disqualified, inproficient, not equal to, not up to, uncool, unequipped
Antonyms: capable, competent, qualified, strong
Main Entry: inexperienced
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unskilled, unfamiliar
Synonyms: amateur, callow, fresh, green*, ignorant, immature, inept, inexpert, innocent, kid*, naive, new, raw*, rookie, rude, sophomoric, tenderfoot*, unaccustomed, unacquainted, undisciplined, unschooled, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, unused, unversed, unworldly, verdant, young, prentice, spring chicken, unconversant, unfamiliar with, unfledged, unpracticed, wet behind ears
Antonyms: educated, experienced, expert, familiar, seasoned, skilled, trained, versed, schooled
Main Entry: infant/infantile
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very young
Synonyms: baby, babyish, callow, childish, childlike, early, emergent, green*, growing, immature, initial, juvenile, kid, naive, newborn, puerile, tender, unripe, weak, youthful, dawning, developing, infantine, nascent, unfledged
Antonyms: adult, grown-up, mature
Main Entry: ingenuous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: honest, trustful
Synonyms: artless, candid, childlike, frank, green*, guileless, innocent, naive, natural, open, outspoken, plain, simple, sincere, square, straightforward, trusting, unaffected, unreserved, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, up front, like a babe in the woods, unartful, unartificial, undisguised
Antonyms: deceitful, dishonest, sly
Main Entry: juvenile
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: childish
Synonyms: adolescent, babyish, blooming, boyish, budding, callow, childlike, formative, fresh, girlish, green, growing, immature, inexperienced, infant, infantile, jejune, junior, kid stuff*, naive, puerile, teenage, tender, undeveloped, unripe, unsophisticated, vernal, young, youthful, beardless, developing, milk-fed, pubescent, unfledged, unweaned, younger
Antonyms: adult, grown-up, mature
Main Entry: puerile
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: childish
Synonyms: babyish, callow, foolish, green*, immature, inane, inexperienced, infantile, irresponsible, jejune, juvenile, naive, petty, ridiculous, silly, trivial, weak, young, babylike, unfledged, ungrown
Antonyms: adult, mature
Main Entry: simpleminded
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unsophisticated
Synonyms: brainless, childlike, crude, dumb, idiotic, ignorant, moronic, naive, slow, stupid, uncomplicated, unschooled, unstudied, unworldly, clueless, feeble-minded, untutored
Main Entry: sophomoric
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: inexperienced
Synonyms: brash, foolish, naive, reckless, young
Antonyms: experienced, expert, knowledgeable, professional
Main Entry: stupid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not intelligent; irresponsible
Synonyms: brainless, dazed, deficient, dense, dim, dopey*, dull, dumb, dummy*, foolish, futile, gullible, half-baked*, half-witted*, idiotic, ill-advised, inane, indiscreet, insensate, irrelevant, laughable, loser*, ludicrous, meaningless, mindless, moronic, naive, nonsensical, obtuse, pointless, puerile, rash, senseless, shortsighted, simple, simpleminded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupefied, thick, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking, witless, doltish, imbecilic, out to lunch, thick-headed
Antonyms: cognizant, intelligent, responsible, smart
Main Entry: trusting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: trustful
Synonyms: believing, credulous, gullible, innocent, naive, unsuspecting, confiding, undoubting, unquestioning, unsuspicious
Main Entry: unguarded
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: thoughtless; unwary
Synonyms: accessible, artless, candid, careless, casual, direct, foolhardy, frank, headlong, heedless, honest, impolitic, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, indiscreet, ingenuous, naive, offhand, rash, spontaneous, straightforward, unconscious, unpremeditated, unthinking, unwise, vulnerable, weak, ill-considered, unalert, uncircumspect, undiplomatic, unreflective, unvigilant, unwatchful
Antonyms: careful, cautious, thoughtful
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