1
: having or marked by unsophisticated or uncritical acceptance or admiration : naive
wide-eyed innocence
2
: having the eyes wide open especially with wonder or astonishment
Synonyms of wide-eyed
Examples of wide-eyed in a Sentence
a wide-eyed and trusting child
the sort of phony UFO "artifacts" that wide-eyed tourists fall for
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The camera pans across the first two dogs, both of whom appear perfectly clean, wide-eyed, and seemingly innocent.
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
The three soon-to-be best friends collide as wide-eyed 11-year-olds on the Hogwarts Express.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
That is it for Elena, who marches out of the galley and up the Katina’s many levels, storming past wide-eyed stews and unsuspecting guests, ignoring the fact that service has basically already started, in order to reach Jason on the sundeck.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Each fall, a new cohort of wide-eyed recruits would show up for their first workout with returning NCAA champions and Olympians from around the world.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Mar. 2026
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
The three soon-to-be best friends collide as wide-eyed 11-year-olds on the Hogwarts Express.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
That is it for Elena, who marches out of the galley and up the Katina’s many levels, storming past wide-eyed stews and unsuspecting guests, ignoring the fact that service has basically already started, in order to reach Jason on the sundeck.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Each fall, a new cohort of wide-eyed recruits would show up for their first workout with returning NCAA champions and Olympians from around the world.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 15 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for wide-eyed
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“Wide-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-eyed. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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