Naive vs Matured - What's the difference?
naive | matured |
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
(of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
(mature)
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
Profound; careful.
(obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
To become mature; to ripen.
To gain experience or wisdom with age.
(finance) To reach the date when payment is due
As an adjective naive
is lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.As a verb matured is
past tense of mature.naive
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- Surely you're not naive enough to believe adverts!
- I've always liked the naive way in which he ignores all the background detail.
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* naively * naivete * naivety * naivenessAnagrams
* ----matured
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Verb
(head)mature
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Adjective
(en-adj)- She is quite mature for her age.
- The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.
