credulous

Speech parts

1. credulous - Adjective

2. credulous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

callow natural simple green easy believing susceptible innocent fond credible inexperienced ignorant naive reliant trusting
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Antonyms

incredulous ridley end protective suspicious questioning
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Related terms

incredulous

Phrases with the word

less credulous more credulous be credulous

Examples

the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous Source: Internet

so credulous he believes everything he reads Source: Internet

K. Paul, Trench, Trübner. pp. 8-9 Trevor H. Hall an ex-member of the Society for Psychical Research criticized SPR members as "credulous and obsessive wish.. Source: Internet

Drake counters: With such deft strokes, Gibbon enters into a conspiracy with his readers: unlike the credulous masses, he and we are cosmopolitans who know the uses of religion as an instrument of social control. Source: Internet

It’s certainly true that at times Sanders has been embarrassingly credulous about communist regimes. Source: Internet

Even without carrying out (so far) such draconian threats as revoking network-television licenses, he has fully discredited the legitimate news media in the eyes of his base and no doubt other credulous Americans as well. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

credulitiveness credulity credulosity credulously credulousness Cree