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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In a video shared by the Chiefs official Instagram, a wide-eyed Lucy, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment, stood on the team's home field alongside her family as Mahomes approached them with a football — but not just any football, rather, the game ball.
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The gentle Convery abruptly ages into Isaac, who steps into the role with the wide-eyed fervor of a man possessed.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Few crowds ooze wide-eyed fear like New Englanders.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
On a Sunday afternoon in San Jose, a teenage girl in a witch’s hat rushed toward a table piled with crystal jewelry while down the aisle a boy in a Spider-Man suit stopped to stare wide-eyed at a jumping spider crawling in a display case.
—Sonia Mankame, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The gentle Convery abruptly ages into Isaac, who steps into the role with the wide-eyed fervor of a man possessed.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Few crowds ooze wide-eyed fear like New Englanders.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
On a Sunday afternoon in San Jose, a teenage girl in a witch’s hat rushed toward a table piled with crystal jewelry while down the aisle a boy in a Spider-Man suit stopped to stare wide-eyed at a jumping spider crawling in a display case.
—Sonia Mankame, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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 16 Nov. 2025.
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