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| babe |
a naive or inexperienced person. [1/4 definitions] |
| babe in the woods |
a naive or inexperienced person, esp. one who can be easily exploited. |
| born yesterday |
inexperienced and gullible; naive. |
| colt |
a young, naive, or inexperienced person; novice. [1/2 definitions] |
| do-gooder |
(informal) a social or political reformer who is considered to be naive or impractical. |
| gung-ho |
(informal) extremely enthusiastic and loyal, often in a naive way. |
| jerk1 |
(slang, more typically used to describe males than females) a naive, rude, inconsiderate, or highly disagreeable person. [1/5 definitions] |
| naif |
one who is inexperienced or naive; innocent. |
| naiveté |
the quality of being naive. [2 definitions] |
| plowboy |
a naive country youth; yokel. [1/2 definitions] |
| sophisticate |
to cause to become less naive or natural; make worldly-wise. [1/3 definitions] |
| sophisticated |
having knowledge or experience of the world or of culture, esp. in connection with the manners and ways of adult society; not naive or simple; worldly-wise. [1/3 definitions] |
| stage-struck |
having an intense and sometimes naive desire to be involved in theater, esp. as an actor. |
| unsophisticated |
inexperienced in the social and cultural world; naive. [1/2 definitions] |
| wet behind the ears |
(informal) naive; inexperienced. |
| wide-eyed |
naive or credulous. [1/2 definitions] |
| yokel |
a simple, naive, or foolish country person. |
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