credulous

credulous
Synonyms and related words:
accepting, apish, asinine, batty, befooled, beguiled, believing, besotted, brainless, buffoonish, childlike, cockeyed, confiding, crazy, daffy, daft, dazed, dependent, depending, dizzy, doting, dumb, dupable, easily taken in, easy of belief, fatuitous, fatuous, flaky, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish, fuddled, futile, gaga, goofy, green, guileless, gulled, gullible, idiotic, imbecile, inane, inclined to believe, inept, inexperienced, infatuated, innocent, insane, kooky, loony, mad, maudlin, moronic, naive, nutty, overconfiding, overcredulous, overtrustful, overtrusting, reliant, relying, sappy, screwy, senseless, sentimental, silly, simple, stupid, superstitious, thoughtless, trustful, trusting, trusty, uncritical, undoubting, unquestioning, unskeptical, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, wacky, wet, without suspicion, witless

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • credulous — credulous, gullible both mean unduly trusting or confiding but they differ significantly in their implications as do their corresponding nouns credulity and gullibility. Credulous and credulity stress a tendency to believe readily and… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Credulous — Cred u*lous (kr?d ? l?s; 135), a. [L. credulus, fr. credere. See {Creed}.] 1. Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting. Landor. [1913 Webster] Eve, our credulous mother. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Believed too readily.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • credulous — I adjective believing, credulus, deceivable, disposed to believe, easily convinced, easily deceived, easily duped, easily taken in, green, gullible, misjudging, naive, overly trustful, persuasible, prone to believe, simple, trusting, undoubting,… …   Law dictionary

  • credulous — 1570s, from L. credulus that easily believes, trustful, from credere to believe (see CREDO (Cf. credo)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • credulous — [adj] gullible, naive accepting, believing, born yesterday*, dupable, easy mark*, falling for*, green, overtrusting, simple, swallow whole, taken in, trustful, trusting, uncritical, unquestioning, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious,… …   New thesaurus

  • credulous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ excessively ready to believe things; gullible. DERIVATIVES credulity noun credulously adverb. ORIGIN Latin credulus, from credere believe …   English terms dictionary

  • credulous — [krej′oo ləs, krej′ə ləs] adj. [L credulus < credere: see CREED] 1. tending to believe too readily; easily convinced 2. resulting from or indicating credulity credulously adv. credulousness n …   English World dictionary

  • credulous — credible, creditable, credulous Credible means ‘able to be believed’, with reference to people or statements: • I stand on the balcony, apparently musing on this very credible story, but really wondering how soon we can step back inside R. James …   Modern English usage

  • credulous — adjective Etymology: Latin credulus, from credere Date: 1576 1. ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence < accused of swindling credulous investors > 2. proceeding from credulity …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • credulous — [[t]kre̱ʤʊləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as credulous, you have a low opinion of them because they are too ready to believe what people tell them and are easily deceived. ...quack doctors charming money out of the… …   English dictionary

  • credulous — credulously, adv. credulousness, n. /krej euh leuhs/, adj. 1. willing to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullible. 2. marked by or arising from credulity: a credulous rumor. [1570 80; < L credulus, equiv.… …   Universalium

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