ALL meanings of naive
na·ive
N n - adjective naive having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous. 1
- adjective naive having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous: She's so naive she believes everything she reads. He has a very naive attitude toward politics. 1
- adjective naive having or marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training or technique: valuable naive 19th-century American portrait paintings. 1
- adjective naive not having previously been the subject of a scientific experiment, as an animal. 1
- adjective naive not experienced: person 1
- adjective naive not experienced: question, act 1
- adjective naive primitive 1
- noun naive (of a person or action) Showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment. 1
- noun Technical meaning of naive Untutored in the perversities of some particular program or system; one who still tries to do things in an intuitive way, rather than the right way (in really good designs these coincide, but most designs aren't "really good" in the appropriate sense). This trait is completely unrelated to general maturity or competence or even competence at any other specific program. It is a sad commentary on the primitive state of computing that the natural opposite of this term is often claimed to be "experienced user" but is really more like "cynical user". 1
- adjective naive If you describe someone as naive, you think they lack experience and so expect things to be easy or people to be honest or kind. 0
- adjective naive having or expressing innocence and credulity; ingenuous 0
- adjective naive (as collective noun; preceded by the) 0
- adjective naive artless or unsophisticated 0
- adjective naive lacking developed powers of analysis, reasoning, or criticism 0
- noun naive a person who is naive, esp in artistic style 0
- adjective naive unaffectedly, or sometimes foolishly, simple; childlike; artless 0
- adjective naive not suspicious; credulous 0