naive

(a) 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
naif,
(s) 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
primitive,
(s) inexperienced
(s) lacking information or instruction
- lamentably unenlightened as to the laws
uninstructed, unenlightened,
(s) 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
uninitiate, uninitiated,

naif primitive uninstructed unenlightened uninitiate uninitiated

sophisticated

naif nail

naiad Naias Naiki naira

naive art naively naiveness naive realism naivete naivety