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All credulous synonyms

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adj credulous

  • accepting — amenable; open: She was always more accepting of coaching suggestions than her teammates.
  • trustful — full of trust; free of distrust, suspicion, or the like; confiding: a trustful friend.
  • suspicious — tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
  • believing — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
  • born yesterday — brought forth by birth.
  • easy mark — sb easily targeted or victimized
  • green — of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves.
  • simple — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
  • trusting — Law. of or relating to trusts or a trust.
  • uncritical — not inclined or able to judge, especially by the application of comparative standards: an uncritical reader.
  • unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
  • unsuspecting — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
  • unwary — not wary; not cautious or watchful, as against danger or misfortune.
  • dupable — a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
  • unquestioning — indicating or implying a question: a questioning tone in her voice.

adjective credulous

  • gullible — easily deceived or cheated.
  • naive — having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
  • imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
  • innocent — free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.
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