gullible

gullible

adjective

Definition of GULLIBLE

readily taken advantage of <he thought his grandmother was gullible simply because she was elderly, but she was sharper than he was in many ways>

Synonyms dewy-eyed, exploitable, gullible (also gullable), naive (or na{iuml}ve), susceptible, trusting, unwary, wide-eyed

Related Words credulous, overcredulous, trustful, uncritical, unsuspecting, unsuspicious; artless, genuine, guileless, innocent, simple, unsophisticated, unworldly; fictile, malleable, pliable, pliant; deceivable; acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, obliging; yielding

Near Antonyms critical, cynical, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, wary; sophisticated; clear-eyed, clear-sighted, hardheaded; shrewd, street-smart, streetwise

Variants of GULLIBLE

gullible also gullable