naive

Without enough experience to judge people or situations well, often trusting others too easily.

• I was young and naive.
• It was naive to expect everyone to agree.
• He is less naive about politics now.

How to use it: naive to do something (It was naive to trust him without checking his story.); naive about something (She was naive about how businesses worked.)

Similar words: inexperienced, innocent, unsophisticated

Opposites: sophisticated, worldly

Common phrases: naive person, naive belief, naive to think, naive assumption

Made in a simple style like a child’s art, without complex artistic methods.

• She collects naive art.
• The painting shows a village in a naive style.
• His naive figures have bright clothes and large eyes.

Similar words: childlike

Common phrases: naive art, naive painting, naive style