Usually means: Inexperienced and unsophisticated, often artless.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. naif: Merriam-Webster
  2. naif: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. naif: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. naif: Collins English Dictionary
  5. naif: Vocabulary.com
  6. Naif, naif: Wordnik
  7. naif: Wiktionary
  8. naif: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. naif (na=E3f): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Naif, naif: Dictionary.com
  11. naif (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Naif (band), Naif: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Naif: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. naif: Rhymezone
  15. Naif, naif: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. naif: FreeDictionary.org
  17. naif: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. naif: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. naif: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. naif: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. NAIF: Acronym Finder
  2. naif: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Naif: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Naif)

adjective:  Alternative spelling of naïf. [Naive.]
noun:  Alternative spelling of naïf. [One who is naive.]

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