Credulous

/ˈkɹɛd͡ʒələs/

Synonyms for "credulous" (105 found)

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Closest matches (21)

accepting apish asinine batty befooled beguiled believing besotted brainless buffoonish childlike cockeyed confiding crazy daffy daft dazed dependent depending dizzy

Noun(1 words)

candide

Strong matches (32)

doting dumb dupableeasily taken ineasyeasy of belieffatuitous fatuous flaky fond fool foolheaded foolish fuddled futile gaga goofy green guileless gulled

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gullible idiotic imbecile inaneinclined to believeinept inexperienced infatuated

Verb(2 words)

duped fooled

Noun(1 words)

emotionally naive

Adjective(1 words)

gullible

Related words (52)

innocent insane kooky loony mad maudlin moronic naive nutty overconfiding overcredulous overtrustful overtrusting reliant relying sappy screwy senseless sentimental silly

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simple stupid superstitious thoughtless trustful trusting trusty uncritical undoubting unquestioning unskeptical unsophisticated unsuspecting unsuspicious unwary wacky wetwithout suspicionwitless

Adjective(11 words)

naivenaive acceptancenaivest overcredulous softheadedsuperstitious thinkersuperstitious thinkingtrustier trusting unscrutinizing unwariest

Noun(2 words)

naiveruncritical reading

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7 relation types

More general

6 entries

attitudebelief-based tendencybelief-related tendencycognitive biasmental traitpersonality trait

More specific

3 entries

gullible naive overcredulous

Collocations

5 entries

credulous audiencecredulous believerscredulous jurorscredulous publiccredulous readers

Inflections

2 entries

more credulousmost credulous

Derivations

3 entries

credulity credulously credulousness

Antonyms

1 entries

incredulous

similar

7 entries

credible naif naive overcredulous trustful trusting unquestioning

Sample sentences

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Lyusya is a very naïve and credulous girl.

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Did you know "credulous" is not in the dictionary?

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He's so credulous. He takes everything you say at face value.

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It is extraordinary how credulous the peasants are about here!

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