GULLIBLE - 10 definitions found
gullible adj 1: naive and easily deceived or tricked; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love" [syn: fleeceable, green, gullible] 2: easily tricked because of being too trusting; "gullible tourists taken in by the shell game" gullible bluegill Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) gullible also gullable adjective Date: 1818 easily duped or cheated • gullibility noun • gullibly adverb Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary gullible If you describe someone as gullible, you mean they are easily tricked because they are too trusting. I'm so gullible I would have believed him. ADJ • gullibility Was she taking part of the blame for her own gullibility? N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss English Explanatory Dictionary gullible ˈɡʌləbl adj. easily persuaded or deceived, credulous. øøgullibility n. gullibly adv. [GULL(2) + -IBLE] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Gullible \Gul"li*ble\, a. Easily gulled; that may be duped. -- Gul"li*bii`i*ty, n. --Burke. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms gullible a. ( English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) gullible ˈɡʌləbl adj. innocent, green, simple, credulous, unsophisticated, naìve, unsuspecting, unwary, unsuspicious, wide-eyed, born yesterday, inexperienced, immature: He was gullible enough to fall for the old con game, three-card monte. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 31 Moby Thesaurus words for "gullible": artless, befoolable, born yesterday, credulous, cullible, deceivable, deludable, dupable, easy, exploitable, foolable, green, hoaxable, hoodwinkable, humbugable, immature, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, naive, persuadable, seduceable, simple, soft, susceptible, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, victimizable, wide-eyed |
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