Green (5 letters)

{ Answer }

NAIVE

{ Related Clues }

Artless
Childlike
Credulous
Foolable
Guileless
Gullible
Inexperienced
Ingenuous
Innocent
Simple
Unaffected
Unknowing
Unsophisticated
Born yesterday
Dewy-eyed
Easily misled
Lacking sophistication
Like an ingenue
Sucker-like
Too trusting
Wide-eyed
Easily taken advantage of
Like Gomer Pyle
Born yesterday, so to speak

{ Tags }

artless, born, childlike, credulous, dewy, easily, eyed, green, guileless, gull, gullible, ingenue, ingenuous, innocent, like, naive, simple, so, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, yesterday

{ Notes }

The answer NAIVE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.

{ Definition }

NAIVE as an adjective:

1. (naive, naif) = marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"

2. (primitive, naive) = of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"

3. inexperienced

4. (uninstructed, unenlightened, naive) = lacking information or instruction; "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"

5. (uninitiate, uninitiated, naive) = not initiated; deficient in relevant experience; "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject"