[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

naive \naive"\, naive \na"ive"\naum=ev", a. f.
   na"if, fem. na"ive, fr. l. nativus innate, natural,
   native. see native, and cf. na"if.
   1. having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous;
      artless; frank; as, na"ive manners; a na"ive person;
      na"ive and unsophisticated remarks.
      1913 webster

   2. having a lack of knowledge, judgment, or experience;
      especially, lacking sophistication in judging the motives
      of others; credulous; as, a naive belief in the honesty of
      politicians.
      pjc
see also:
native na"if 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

naive
     adj 1: marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile
            or worldly experience; "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" syn: naif
            ant: sophisticated
     2: lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen"
        syn: callow, inexperienced, unsophisticated
     3: lacking sophistication syn: unsophisticated
see also:
naif sophisticated callow inexperienced unsophisticated 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

116 moby thesaurus words for "naive":
   artless, awkward, befoolable, blankminded, bluff, blunt,
   born yesterday, budding, callow, candid, childlike, confiding,
   credulous, cullible, deceivable, deludable, dependent, depending,
   dewy, direct, dumb, dupable, easy, empty, empty-headed,
   exploitable, foolable, frank, fresh, gauche, green, groping,
   growing, guileless, gullible, hoaxable, hoodwinkable, humbugable,
   ignorant, immature, impubic, inane, inexperienced, ingenu,
   ingenuous, innocent, intact, juicy, know-nothing, minor, nescient,
   new-fledged, open, openhearted, original, outspoken, persuadable,
   plain, raw, reliant, relying, ripening, sappy, seduceable, simple,
   simplehearted, simpleminded, sincere, single-hearted,
   single-minded, soft, strange to, susceptible, tender, tentative,
   trustful, trusting, trusty, unacquainted, unadult, unaffected,
   unapprized, unartificial, uncomprehending, unconversant, underage,
   undeveloped, unenlightened, unfamiliar, unfledged, unformed,
   unguarded, unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, unintelligent,
   unknowing, unlicked, unmellowed, unposted, unreserved, unripe,
   unschooled, unseasoned, unsophisticated, unstudied, unsure,
   unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unversed, unwary, vacuous, vernal,
   victimizable, virginal, without suspicion

[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

naive adj. 1. untutored in the perversities of some particular program
   or system; one who still tries to do things in an intuitive way, rather
   than the right way in really good designs these coincide, but most
   designs aren't `really good' in the appropriate sense. this trait is
   completely unrelated to general maturity or competence, or even
   competence at any other specific program. it is a sad commentary on the
   primitive state of computing that the natural opposite of this term is
   often claimed to be `experienced user' but is really more like `cynical
   user'. 2. said of an algorithm that doesn't take advantage of some
   superior but advanced technique, e.g., the bubble sort. it may imply
   naivete on the part of the programmer, although there are situations
   where a naive algorithm is preferred, because it is more important to
   keep the code comprehensible than to go for maximum performance. "i know
   the linear search is naive, but in this case the list typically only has
   half a dozen items." compare brute force.


see also:
bubble sort brute force 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

naive
     
        untutored in the perversities of some particular program or
        system; one who still tries to do things in an intuitive way,
        rather than the right way in really good designs these
        coincide, but most designs aren't "really good" in the
        appropriate sense.  this trait is completely unrelated to
        general maturity or competence or even competence at any other
        specific program.  it is a sad commentary on the primitive
        state of computing that the natural opposite of this term is
        often claimed to be "experienced user" but is really more like
        "cynical user".
     
        1994-11-29
     
     

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