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adjective
- 1. easily persuaded to believe something; credulous: "an attempt to persuade a gullible public to spend their money"
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Gullible means easily deceived or tricked, and too willing to believe everything that other people say. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, synonyms, and usage with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Gullible means easily duped or cheated, and comes from the verb gull, meaning "to deceive or take advantage of." Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and related articles from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
If you describe someone as gullible, you mean they are easily tricked because they are too trusting.
Gullible means easily deceived or tricked, and too willing to believe everything that other people say. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see examples from various sources, and find translations in other languages.
Gullible definition: easily deceived or cheated.. See examples of GULLIBLE used in a sentence.
too willing to believe or accept what other people tell you and therefore easily tricked synonym naive. The advertisement is aimed at gullible young women worried about their weight. Word Origin. Want to learn more?
naive and easily deceived or tricked. “at that early age she had been gullible and in love” synonyms: fleeceable, green. naif, naive. marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience. adjective. easily tricked because of being too trusting. “ gullible tourists taken in by the shell game” synonyms: unwary.
