NAIVE
What does "NAIVE" mean?
Showing a lack of experience, judgment, or worldly knowledge; innocently simple.
Meanings
- Lacking worldly experience and quick to trust or believe. It was naive of him to think the deal had no strings attached.
- Of art, made in a deliberately simple, untrained, childlike style. The gallery showcased naive paintings full of flat color and bold outlines. technical
Did you know?
- 'Naive' shares a root with 'native': both come from Latin 'nativus', 'inborn' - a naive person is, etymologically, behaving as if newly born into the world.
Word origin
From French 'naïve', feminine of 'naïf', from Latin 'nativus', 'native, natural, innate', from 'natus', 'born'.
Remember it
NAIVE keeps the French diaeresis trail: na-EEV, vowels spilling out like someone who hasn't learned to guard them yet.
A little poem
He shook every hand-
trusting the whole room at once,
and most of it back.
haiku
What it teaches
Naivety believes everyone; wisdom keeps the belief but learns where to spend it.
Quick facts
What does NAIVE mean?
Showing a lack of experience, judgment, or worldly knowledge; innocently simple.
Is NAIVE a valid word?
Yes — NAIVE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is NAIVE?
NAIVE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does NAIVE come from?
From French 'naïve', feminine of 'naïf', from Latin 'nativus', 'native, natural, innate', from 'natus', 'born'.
What can NAIVE teach us?
Naivety believes everyone; wisdom keeps the belief but learns where to spend it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.