naif C2+ Topic:People & Society US /nɑˈif/ UK /naɪˈiːf/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a naive or inexperienced person He arrived in the city a wide-eyed naif, easily taken in. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a naive or inexperienced... innocentingenuegreenhornnovicenaiveunsophisticatedartless ↔ Opposites sophisticatecynicsophisticatedworldly Word family Related forms naivenaivety Etymology AI details From French naïf ('naive'), masculine form of naïve, from Latin nativus ('native, natural, innate'), from natus, past participle of nasci ('to be born'). naïf French nativus Latin nasci Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # naif **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /nɑˈif/ **IPA (UK):** /naɪˈiːf/ ## Meanings 1. a naive or inexperienced person ## Examples - He arrived in the city a wide-eyed naif, easily taken in. ## Synonyms - innocent - ingenue - greenhorn - novice - naive - unsophisticated - artless ## Antonyms - sophisticate - cynic - sophisticated - worldly ## Related Forms - naive - naivety ## Roots and Affixes - Root: naïf - Root: nativus - Root: nasci ## Etymology From French naïf ('naive'), masculine form of naïve, from Latin nativus ('native, natural, innate'), from natus, past participle of nasci ('to be born'). ## AI Etymology Naif comes from French naïf ('naive'), masculine form of naïve, from Latin nativus ('native, natural, innate'), from natus, past participle of nasci ('to be born'). The etymological trail includes French naïf, Latin nativus, and Latin nasci. As a noun, naif means a naive or inexperienced person. The same family is visible in related forms such as naive and naivety. ## Topics - People & Society markdown