NAÏFS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

naïfs

noun

variants or naifs

plural of naïf

as in virgins

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Noun

Bridget reads Lizzie the tale of Countess Elizabeth Báthory of Ecsed (also portrayed by Krieps), a 16th-century Hungarian noblewoman said to have bled beautiful virgins to bathe in their blood and preserve her beauty.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of virgins

Noun

Everyone, meanwhile, can enjoy the simple, perfect sight gag of a voluptuous sheep cleaning a blackboard with her ample fleece.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
The sheep were straying from the road, veering through the front yards of homeowners who weren’t in the grazing program.

— Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of sheep

Noun

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

Noun

The fledglings of the bird, which is native to New Zealand, were bred this year.

— Adela Suliman, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of fledglings

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Madilynn Becker, Miss Kansas USA Miss Kansas USA Madilynn Becker grew up showing livestock in the 4-H circuit, where youth can show animals like hogs, cows, and, in Becker’s case, lambs.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of lambs

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Instead, this edition, airing Thursdays on NBC and streaming the next day on Peacock, features a cast of all reality TV newbies competing for a prize pot that could actually change their lives.

— Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026
One of those newbies, Daisy Toye, is a makeup artist to the stars with a celebrity-hairstylist husband.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026

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