Meaning of NAIF
| Pronunciation: | | nâ'eef
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| | Definition: | | [adj] 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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | childlike, credulous, dewy-eyed, fleeceable, green, gullible, ignorant, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, naive, simple, simple-minded, unsophisticated, unworldly, wide-eyed |
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| | Antonyms: | | sophisticated | | |
| | See Also: | | uninformed | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Na"["i]f`\ (?; formerly ?), a. [F. na["i]f. See
{Na["i]ve}.]
1. Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied
by jewelers to a precious stone.
2. Na["i]ve; as, a na["i]f remark. --London Spectator.
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| | Related Terms: | | babe, boob, child, child of nature, chump, cinch, credulous person, cull, dove, dupe, easy mark, easy pickings, fall guy, fish, fool, gobe-mouches, greener, greenhorn, greeny, gudgeon, gull, hick, infant, ingenue, innocent, lamb, leadpipe cinch, lout, mere child, monkey, noble savage, oaf, patsy, pigeon, plaything, prize sap, pushover, rube, sap, saphead, schlemiel, simple soul, sitting duck, stooge, sucker, toy, trusting soul, unsophisticate, victim, yokel |
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