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naive, adj. 1. artless, simple, simple-minded, simple-hearted, innocent, childlike; unaffected, unspoiled, unsophisticated, undeveloped, unworldly; unsuspecting, unsuspicious, void of suspicion, trustful, trusting, Archaic, trusty, confiding; overtrustful, overtrusting, overconfiding; credulous, gullible, Obs. cullible, foolable, befoolable, deceivable, deludable, dupable, exploitable, Inf. easy, Inf. soft.
2. raw, green, immature, unripe, unseasoned, callow, born yesterday, wet or dry behind the ears; inexperienced, uninitiated, uninitiate, unwise, Inf. unhip; uninformed, unenlightened, unacquainted, unconver-sant, unversed in, unused to.
3. open, open and sincere, open-hearted, ingenuous, guileless, genuine, sincere, undeceptive, undeceitful, undeceiving, unfeigning, undissembling, undissimulating; candid, frank, forthright, foursquare, straightforward, straight-from-the-shoulder; plain, plain-spoken, plain-speaking, downright, outright, explicit, unequivocal, unambiguous, undisguised, Inf. straight-out; aboveboard, open and aboveboard, up front, out front.
naivete, n. 1. artlessness, simplicity, simpleness, simple-mindedness, simple-heartedness, innocence; trustfulness, unsuspiciousness, overtrustfulness; credulity, credulousness, gullibility, gullibleness, Obs. cullibility, foolability, exploitability, exploitableness.
2. rawness, greenness, immaturity, callowness; inexperience, inexperiencedness, lack of experience, Inf. unhipness; uninformedness, unenlightenedness, unacquaintedness.
3. openness, open-heartedness, ingenuousness, guilelessness, genuineness, sincerity, sincereness, naTveness, naivety, undeceptiveness, undeceitfulness; candor, candidness, frankness, forthrightness, straightforwardness; honesty, trustworthiness, Inf. trustiness, un-corruptedness.
naked, adj. 1. nude, undressed, disrobed, unclothed, ungarmented, unappareled, undraped; divested of clothes, Inf. without a stitch on, Inf not decent, Inf. indecent, bared; Fr. au naturel, Inf. in a state of nature, Inf. in the raw, Inf. in one's birthday suit, mother-naked; Inf. in the altogether, Inf. in the buff, stark-naked, Brit, starker s.
2. (all of landscapes) treeless, grassless, bald, barren, uncovered, stripped, unsheltered; stark, bleak, destitute, forbidding, depressing.
3. bare, spare, austere, ascetic, Spartan-looking, plain, simple, unfurnished, uncurtained, undecorated, unornamented, untrimmed, ungarnished, unenriched.
4. defenseless, unguarded, unprotected, unfortified; open, wide open, vulnerable, insecure, pregnable, penetrable, invadable; open to attack, assaultable, assailable; unarmed, weaponless, impotent, helpless, weak, powerless; exposed, uncovered, unsheathed, unwrapped.
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