The Clue
Easily misled (5 letter answer)
The Answer
NAIVE
Tags
Notes
The answer NAIVE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.
Related Clues
Artless
Childlike
Credulous
Foolable
Green
Guileless
Gullible
Inexperienced
Ingenuous
Innocent
Simple
Unsophisticated
Unsuspecting
Born yesterday
Dewy-eyed
Easily fooled
Gull-like
Like an ingenue
Too trusting
Unschooled, as an artist
Wide-eyed
Easily taken advantage of
Like a babe in the woods
Born yesterday, so to speak
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"