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naif

naif is the alternative spelling of naïf.

Meaning of naïf

Adjective

naïf (comparative more naïf, superlative most naïf)

  1. Naive.
    • Doenitz was naïf to assume that England would have stood idly by while Germany built up her U-boat force to four figures; but it was true enough that the German Navy was unprepared for a submarine war.1947, S.E. Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Little, Brown, & Company, page 5

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Forms of naif

Adjective
comparativenaifer
superlativenaifest
Noun
pluralnaifs

Words formed from naif

Questions about naif

What is naif the alternative spelling of?
Naif is the alternative spelling of naïf.

Words near naif in the dictionary

  1. naides
  2. naidid
  3. naidids
  4. naids
  5. Naidu
  6. naif
  7. naifer
  8. naifest
  9. naifly
  10. naifness
  11. naifs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: naif (page history and authors); naïf (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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