Is naive the opposite of cynical?

Question

cynic: a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts

naive: having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.

Answer 1

No. Just because a person is naive doesn't mean they're optimistic. And optimism is the opposite of cynicism.

Answer 2

Not if you consider cynics to be naive and simplistic in their philosophy of life.

Answer 3

Only if the cynic is right.

Answer 4

it is an antinym

Answer 5

the opposite of optimism is pessimism, actually

Answer 6

nope