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wide-eyed

[wahyd-ahyd] / ˈwaɪdˌaɪd /
ADJECTIVE
dewy-eyed
Synonyms
WEAK
dovelike green inexperienced naive pure sinless uncorrupted undefiled unworldly
ADJECTIVE
gullible
Synonyms
STRONGEST
foolish unsophisticated unsuspecting
WEAK
being a sucker believing biting credulous easily taken in easy mark falling hook line and sinker green innocent kidding oneself mark silly simple sucker susceptible swallowing whole taken in taking the bait trustful tumbling for unskeptical
Antonyms
WEAK
astute discerning knowledgeable perceptive suspicious unbelieving untrusting wise
ADJECTIVE
innocent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
childlike gullible ignorant innocuous
STRONG
frank open raw safe simple square
WEAK
artless credulous fresh guileless hurtless inexperienced ingenuous innoxious inobnoxious inoffensive offenseless soft unacquainted unartificial uncool unfamiliar unhurtful uninjurious unmalicious unobjectionable unoffensive unschooled unsophisticated unstudied unsuspicious unworldly well-intentioned wellmeant youthful
Antonyms
STRONGEST
knowledgeable untrusting wise
STRONG
dishonest sophisticated unclear
WEAK
bad blamable corrupt cunning evil experienced guilty immoral impure sinful
ADJECTIVE
naive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ignorant innocent simple sincere unsophisticated
WEAK
aboveboard artless callow candid confiding countrified credulous forthright frank fresh green guileless gullible harmless impulsive ingenuous innocuous instinctive jejune lamb like a babe in the woods natural open original patsy plain simple-minded spontaneous square sucker unaffected unjaded unpretentious unschooled unsuspecting unsuspicious untaught unworldly virgin
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aware experienced intelligent knowledgeable sophisticated
WEAK
leery skeptical wise
ADJECTIVE
pure
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clean decent fresh good honest true
WEAK
babe in woods blameless celibate cherry continent exemplary guileless immaculate inculpable innocent inviolate irreproachable kid lily white maidenly modest pure as driven snow righteous sinless spotless stainless unblemished unblighted uncorrupted undefiled unprofaned unspotted unstained unsullied upright virgin virtuous wet behind ears
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dishonest evil false fraudulent unreal unsuitable untrustworthy unvirtuous
WEAK
applied contaminated corrupt dirty immodest impure indecent indefinite mixed obscene polluted tainted uncertain unchaste ungenuine vulgar
ADJECTIVE
unsophisticated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
guileless inexperienced naive straightforward uninvolved
WEAK
artless authentic bush-league callow childlike clean cornball corny crude folksy genuine green homey ingenuous innocent plain pure raw rookie unadulterated unaffected unartificial uncomplicated unrefined unschooled unstudied untutored unworldly
Antonyms
STRONGEST
deceitful dishonest experienced
WEAK
cultured refined sophisticated upper-class worldly
ADJECTIVE
unworldly
Synonyms
WEAK
artless babe in woods clean corn-fed country folksy green idealistic ingenuous innocent naive natural raw simple trusting unaffected unartificial uncool unschooled unsophisticated unstudied
Antonyms
WEAK
cultured earthly experienced material refined sophisticated worldly
ADJECTIVE
wide-awake
Synonyms
WEAK
active alert all ears attentive bright bright-eyed and bushy-tailed fast on the draw heads up intelligent lively on guard on one's toes on the ball on the job on the lookout psyched-up quick ready sharp spirited vigilant watchful wired

Example Sentences

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Montenegrin journalists looked on wide-eyed as Bellamy used a pre-match news conference in Podgorica in 2024 to talk about Yugoslavia's Under-21s of 1990 as much as Wales' Nations League match there the following day.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

They brought with them a family album that showed a picture-perfect life: Yuriy and Valiera's wedding, their trip to Rome, and of course, wide-eyed baby Kirochka.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

On the subject of AI replacing heretofore normal human activities, Mr. Amodei, born in 1983, writes with the wide-eyed wonder of a high-school-aged techno-utopian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Tartakovsky conveys all of Spear’s torment, loneliness and the magnitude of his love with zero dialogue, only a wide-eyed stare into the distance as he lumbers along, pulled by the memory of an unfinished life.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

The woman just takes out some more and gives some to both of us, watching wide-eyed at every move I make.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.