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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Since breaking out as a wide-eyed teenager on the CBS daytime soap Guiding Light and the NBC period family drama American Dreams over two decades ago, Snow has made a career out of playing women whose beauty belies the storm of emotions brewing beneath the surface.
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Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
Just in time for the semiquincentennial, the churning waves of social media discontent have parted and given us a glimpse of how these United States look (and taste) to wide-eyed World Cup attendees.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Matilda has inherited her mom's wide-eyed wonder.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Bateman shaped Clark from the page up, recasting a vain TV personality as a wide-eyed innocent who reads Floyd as a big brother.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 June 2026
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Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
Just in time for the semiquincentennial, the churning waves of social media discontent have parted and given us a glimpse of how these United States look (and taste) to wide-eyed World Cup attendees.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Matilda has inherited her mom's wide-eyed wonder.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Bateman shaped Clark from the page up, recasting a vain TV personality as a wide-eyed innocent who reads Floyd as a big brother.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 12 June 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 23 Jun. 2026.
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