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21credulous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. gullible, unsuspicious, simple, unsophisticated; see naive , trusting 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. gullible, naive, trusting, believing, *born yesterday, unsuspecting, unsophisticated, *thick, green. ANT.:… …
22credulous — cred·u·lous || kredjulÉ™s adj. gullible, naive, deceivable, unsuspecting …
23credulous — [ krɛdjʊləs] adjective having or showing too great a readiness to believe things. Derivatives credulity krɪ dju:lɪti noun credulously adverb credulousness noun Origin C16: from L. credulus (from credere believe ) + ous …
24credulous — a. Easily convinced, too ready to believe, over trustful, lax in seeking evidence, easily duped …
25credulous — adj trusting, trustful, believing, undoubt ing, unsuspicious, uncritical, unskeptical, overtrustful, easy of belief, easy, soft; gullible, deceivable, dupable, foolable, deludable, exploitable; naive, unsophisticated, green, born yesterday, Inf.… …
26credulous — cred·u·lous …
27credulous — /ˈkrɛdʒələs / (say krejuhluhs) adjective 1. ready or disposed to believe, especially on weak or insufficient evidence. 2. marked by or arising from credulity. {Latin crēdulus apt to believe} –credulously, adverb –credulousness, noun …
28credulous — adj. 1 too ready to believe; gullible. 2 (of behaviour) showing such gullibility. Derivatives: credulity n. credulously adv. credulousness n. Etymology: L credulus f. credere believe …
29credible - credulous - creditable — ◊ credible If something is credible, it can be believed. His latest statements are hardly credible. This is not credible to anyone who has studied the facts. Note that credible is most commonly used in negative sentences. ◊ credulous …
30over-credulous — …
