gullible
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˈɡʌlɪbəl/
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crédulo
- Some people are so gullible that they believe every story they hear.
- so gullible
- even more gullible
- stupid and gullible
Call me stupid, call me gullible, but I believe this dumb ass.
- Call me stupid, call me gullible, but I believe this dumb ass.
- I just think people aren't as gullible anymore or naive.
- No, what you're saying is you can be a little less gullible by being a little less trusting.
- OK, so she's just another gullible grandma.
- You can be totally, you know, gullible.
- Aren't you just kind of sitting around saying how did I find two such gullible women?
- And you being a real estate mogul, you for sure will be gullible enough to give me a few bucks for it.
- Well, a simpleton is a foolish or gullible person.
- The majority of Icos turned out to be vapour Ware or simple scams taking advantage of gullible retail investors.
- Yeah, that seems like a good investment because while we've moved on from relics, people are still as gullible as ever.
- Do you think that people just, like, really gullible, like people as a whole, do you think we're too gullible as a species?
- And you might think, oh, surely people can't be that gullible that they would prefer interacting with just a smart chat bot.
- To lean into a type of hope and trust that are not gullible or naive, but data-driven and healthy and ultimately successful.
Examples
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But, but even the people who are not that gullible, our first instinct is to trust.
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How could we have been so gullible?
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So I think for the most part, we're not gullible so much as the trust thing works pretty well most of the time.
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Do you think that people just, like, really gullible, like people as a whole, do you think we're too gullible as a species?
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It's your own fault, for being so gullible.
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You were always very gullible.
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See, I'm the most gullible guy in Chicago.
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The early European travelers were, by our standards, gullible about the rest of the world.
Academic text (1995) -
No, what you're saying is you can be a little less gullible by being a little less trusting.
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Everybody is so gullible.
Synonyms
312
4.1
Not experienced and too ready to trust others
99
5.8
Inexperienced and easily tricked
76
8.1
A person others can easily trick
31
5.4
A person who is easily influenced by other people's ideas, especially when young
12
2.1
Willing to believe people are honest
7
8.3
A person who believes what others say too easily and falls for tricks
6
6.1
A person who is not careful about danger and is easily tricked
2
3.2
A person who is ready to believe what other people tell them
1
9.9
Quick to believe things without much proof
A person who believes things too easily
A person others can easily trick into giving money or things
Ready to believe things and not likely to doubt them
Open to changing your mind when given good reasons
Likely to accept clear arguments or evidence
Antonyms
208
6.5
Not trusting people to have good intentions and expecting them to act for themselves
How Gullible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gullible comes from the verb gull, which means 'to fool', plus the ending -ible meaning 'able to be'. So gullible means 'able to be fooled' or easy to trick, and a helpful way to remember it is to imagine a hungry gull, the bird, taking easy bait.