naive

Definitions

Having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous.

Showing a lack of sophistication or critical analysis; artless or unaffected.

Examples

It was naive of him to believe that the company would keep its promise without a signed contract.

She had a naive outlook on life, assuming that everyone she met was inherently good.

Synonyms

innocent unsophisticated gullible ingenuous artless trusting unworldly

Antonyms

sophisticated cynical worldly experienced shrewd calculating skeptical