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lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment<a first-time buyer who was so naive that he believed the salesman and paid good money for the rusty and broken-down car>Synonymsgreen, ingenuous, innocent, simple, simpleminded, uncritical, unknowing, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, unworldly, wide-eyedRelated Wordscallow, dewy, inexperienced, raw; childlike, idealistic, impractical; believing, credulous, gullible, susceptible, trustful, trusting, unguarded; beguiled, duped, gulled, tricked; careless, heedlessNear Antonymscritical, doubting, incredulous, skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, unconvinced; careful, cautious, guarded, leery, wary, watchful; down-to-earth, hardheaded, pragmatic (also pragmatical), realistic, soberAntonymscynical, experienced, knowing, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise
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free from any intent to deceive or impress others<the young girl gave honest and naive answers to the social workerʼs questions>— see guileless
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readily taken advantage of<we continue to get junk mail because you are naive enough to keep entering these dumb contests>— see easy 2
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