Main entry: naif, naive
Definition: marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
Usage: 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
Antonyms: sophisticated
Definition: having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire
Definition: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
Antonyms: guilty
Definition: responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
Antonyms: compound
Definition: composed of more than one part
Antonyms: complex
Definition: complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
Antonyms: incredulous
Definition: not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
Antonyms: artful, disingenuous
Definition: not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
Antonyms: secular, worldly, temporal
Definition: characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
Main entry: naive
Definition: inexperienced
Antonyms: learned, conditioned
Definition: established by conditioning or learning
Main entry: naive, uninitiate, uninitiated
Definition: not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
Usage: it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes; he took part in the experiment as a naive subject
Antonyms: experienced, experient
Definition: having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participation
Main entry: unenlightened, uninstructed, naive
Definition: lacking information or instruction
Usage: lamentably unenlightened as to the laws
Antonyms: informed
Definition: having much knowledge or education
Main entry: primitive, naive
Definition: of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style
Usage: primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking
Antonyms: trained
Definition: shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form