naive

naive is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks.
2. adjective. not initiated; deficient in relevant experience

   "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"

   "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject"

   Synonyms: uninitiate, uninitiated

3. adjective. lacking information or instruction

   "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"

   Synonyms: unenlightened, uninstructed

4. adjective. inexperienced
5. adjective. of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style

   "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"

   Synonyms: primitive

6. adjective. 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"

   Synonyms: naif

Synonyms

uninitiate, uninitiated, unenlightened, uninstructed, primitive, naif

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in naive:

avine, naevi, vinea

Common word forms

naiver, naives, naively, naivest, naiveness

Words from these letters

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