NAÏFS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

naïfs

noun

variants or naifs

plural of naïf

as in virgins

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Noun

Public health stats show maybe 5%-10% of those getting married in the United States are virgins at the altar.

— Lauren Green, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
How many spells were cast, how many virgins were sacrificed, how many first-borns were murdered so that this could happen?

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 May 2026

Definition of virgins

Noun

Gajdusek had come to the idea of injecting animals after a veterinary pathologist noticed that the brains of kuru patients resembled those of sheep with scrapie, a fatal neurological disease transmitted through exposure to infected tissues.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Feta is a fresh, semi-hard cheese traditionally made from sheep’s milk or a mix of sheep and goat milk.

— Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of sheep

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On that terrible day, millions of Americans witnessed airplanes flying into buildings, people jumping off skyscrapers, and the Twin Towers collapsing with thousands of innocents inside.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked.

— Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of innocents

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Northern cardinals may flirt over lunch, with a male passing a choice bite to a female, while fledglings flap, gape and beg their parents for a snack.

— Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
The episode’s break from format puts the audience literally inside Lestat’s head as he’s confronted by his makers and his fledglings, with exception to Claudia.

— Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of fledglings

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Bartenders serve a small selection of wine in short glasses emblazoned with white lambs, and a cocktail list features beverages that range from light and herbaceous to sweet and heady.

— USA TODAY NETWORK, USA Today, 29 July 2026
From dogs tenaciously reading and ebony-and-ivory lambs to intellectual cats and a rabbit that appears knitted, the finalists showcase the creativity of pet photographers worldwide.

— Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of lambs

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And while plenty of Persian dining is typically done at home, Diba and his team have done a good job of making both newbies and folks more familiar with the cuisine feel welcome.

— Colin Wrenn, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026
And at first, Buckingham and Nicks just seemed like the latest newbies destined for the same fate as Welch, Jeremy Spencer, and Danny Kirwan.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026

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