US /nɑˈif/ UK /naɪˈiːf/
noun adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a naive or inexperienced person

    He arrived in the city a wide-eyed naif, easily taken in.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a naive or inexperienced... innocentingenuegreenhornnovicenaiveunsophisticatedartless
Word family
Related forms naivenaivety

Etymology

From French naïf ('naive'), masculine form of naïve, from Latin nativus ('native, natural, innate'), from natus, past participle of nasci ('to be born').

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