How many syllables in naive?

There are 2 syllables in the word naive.

How to pronounce naive:

naive (adjective):: innocent and gullible; marked by unaffected simplicity artless, ingenuous; marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.

artless

as green as grass

aw-shucks

believing

callow

careless

childish

childlike

credulous

dewy

dewy-eyed

fleeceable

green

guileless

gullible

idealistic

immature

inexperienced

ingenuous

innocent

jejune

naif

naïf

primitive

round-eyed

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