The Clue
Unknowing (5 letter answer)
The Answer
NAIVE
Tags
Notes
The answer NAIVE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.
Related Clues
Artless
Credulous
Foolable
Green
Guileless
Gullible
Ingenuous
Innocent
Simple
Unsophisticated
Easily fooled
Far from urbane
Lacking sophistication
Like a gull
Like an ingénue
Too trusting
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"