Synonyms for gullible
- adjective
Most common
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Adjective
1. Credulous
credulous, naive, unsophisticated, green, wide-eyed, easy, simple, naif, fleeceable
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled.
Andrew is so gullible, the way he still believes in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman at the age of fourteen.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- foolish
Example sentences
- naive Tom isn't as naive as a lot of people think he is.
- unsophisticated Do you think Tom is unsophisticated?
- credulous Did you know "credulous" is not in the dictionary?
- unsuspecting Predators always prey on unsuspecting victims.
- unwary It's just a trap for the unwary.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| gullible | rising | |
| naive | steady | |
| unsophisticated | falling | |
| credulous | steady | |
| unsuspecting | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- easy2, naif
- 5 letters
- green1, naive2
- 6 letters
- simple2, unwary3
- 9 letters
- credulous3
- 10 letters
- fleeceable, deceivable
- 12 letters
- unsuspecting4
- 15 letters
- unsophisticated6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (easy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- crédule
- Deutsch
- leichtgläubig