variants
also gullable
as in naive
readily taken advantage of
wished that his brother weren't so gullible as to believe he could win the fixed carnival game if he kept playing it
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Recent Examples of gullible
Eduardo Montalvo, Coral Gables On sticking with Trump The real tragedy of the current occupant of the White House is that millions of Americans are sufficiently gullible, ignorant or bigoted to have voted for him and still support him.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
Rather than feeling triumphant at how believable ELIZA was, Weizenbaum was depressed by how gullible people seemed to be.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Teenagers, despite our best efforts to educate them in open-minded ways, are gullible and therefore vulnerable.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The team defines a goofy as someone gullible, easily influenced, a follower.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
Rather than feeling triumphant at how believable ELIZA was, Weizenbaum was depressed by how gullible people seemed to be.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Teenagers, despite our best efforts to educate them in open-minded ways, are gullible and therefore vulnerable.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
The team defines a goofy as someone gullible, easily influenced, a follower.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gullible
Adjective
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This season, that naive system would’ve won $2,400.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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And that seems to be a quite naïve view.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That’s because, unlike their salaried counterparts, boomers’ asset returns aren’t tied to inflation and are therefore more susceptible to declines in the real value of their disposable income.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026
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Choose less susceptible plants for future plantings.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That requires deep spectroscopy, which will not be easy to acquire.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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Anderson’s hallmarks are always easy to recognize, manifesting in different ways across Dior, his eponymous label, and his partnership with Uniqlo.—
Alice Cary,
Vogue,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Gullible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullible. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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