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gaby

gaby

1 9.9
A person who trusts others too easily and gets tricked
  • noun
  • /ˈɡeɪbi/
  • Offensive
translation icon : pardillo (Esp., informal, despectivo)
  • Don't be such a gaby!

Examples

  • He is a real gaby for believing that story.

  • They warned him not to act like a gaby during the negotiations.

  • Everyone laughed when the gaby fell for the same prank again.

  • In the story, the gaby trusts strangers too easily and gets into trouble.

  • Everyone at the party thought he was a bit of a gaby for believing the outrageous stories.

  • She was such a gaby that she fell for every prank her friends played on her.

  • His friends often called him a gaby because he trusted strangers too easily.

Synonyms

fool
vsgaby
  • Offensive
1.4

A person who makes poor decisions and is easily tricked

is more about naive simplicity rather than poor decision making alone
sucker
vsgaby
  • Offensive
300 7.0

A person who is easily tricked

is a generally foolish or naive person beyond single incidents of trickery
lamb
vsgaby
60 5.6

A person who is gentle, innocent, or easily tricked

is more about plain foolishness and being easily tricked rather than gentleness
dupe
vsgaby
  • Offensive
14 7.0

A person who is easily tricked into believing false things

is about being foolish or naive rather than focused on one deception
gull
vsgaby
  • Offensive
1 9.3

A person who is easily tricked or cheated

is broader, meaning simple foolishness or naivety not only exploitation
gump
vsgaby
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who is foolish and easily tricked

is the standard term describing foolishness or naivety in general
simp
vsgaby
  • Offensive
1 9.1

A person who is easily fooled and trusts others too much

is similar but more neutral about being foolish or easily tricked
gudge
vsgaby
  • Offensive
1 9.9

An old word for a person who is easily tricked

is the living, general idea of foolishness or naive susceptibility
hoople
vsgaby
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who is easily tricked and believes things without checking

is the basic, nonregional sense of being foolish or easily tricked
Uncle Sucker
vsgaby
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who trusts others and falls for tricks easily

is the general description for someone foolish or easily deceived

Antonyms

5 7.7

A person who knows a lot about fashion, art, and good manners

How Gullible

patsy
  • Offensive
49 8.6
gaby
  • Offensive
1 9.9
naive
312 4.1
wary
110 3.6
skeptic
  • US
77 4.1

Surface Forms

gaby singular
gabies plural

Etymology

Gaby means a foolish or trusting person. One idea is that it came from the nickname gaby, 'short for Gabriel', or from the English word gab, 'talk'. So you can picture someone who talks simply and is easily tricked, and that is why a gaby is someone people can fool.