Entry Word: credulity

Function: noun

Meaning: readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence <the quack pushing the phony medicine was taking advantage of the credulity of people hoping for miracle cures>

Synonyms credulousness, gullibility, naïveté (also naivete)

Related Words artlessness, simplicity, unsophistication; trust, unwariness

Near Antonyms sophistication, worldliness; distrust, mistrust, suspicion, wariness; doubt, uncertainty

Antonyms incredulity, skepticism