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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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