as in naive
too willing to believe things without substantial proof
Few people are credulous enough to believe such nonsense. a credulous audience
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Recent Examples of credulous
In that event, only the credulous will consider U.S. commitments credible.
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Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
The Athletic has become a bit of a shill for 115 FC, seemingly quite credulous in the face of the overwhelming evidence.. much of which comes from their own emails.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
My problem here was being too credulous of polls of hypothetical events.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2025
Editors’ Picks Dornford-May is a convincing ingénue, by turns goofily girlish and stubbornly credulous.
—Houman Barekat, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
The Athletic has become a bit of a shill for 115 FC, seemingly quite credulous in the face of the overwhelming evidence.. much of which comes from their own emails.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
My problem here was being too credulous of polls of hypothetical events.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2025
Editors’ Picks Dornford-May is a convincing ingénue, by turns goofily girlish and stubbornly credulous.
—Houman Barekat, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credulous
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And if anyone was naive enough to imagine the U.S.-led tournament in 2026 would be free of such political baggage, then surely the increasingly public proximity of the Trump-Infantino relationship has dispelled those illusions.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Biography Ellmann-style was left looking hopelessly naive in its effort to understand the work by understanding its writer’s life.—
Eric Bulson,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2025
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Like an ’80s televangelist, Lindell is a pro at exploiting religion to bilk the gullible.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
20 June 2025
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Being personally very gullible and constantly putting myself in the place of the audience was the key for me in directing this series.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
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On July 8, U.S. soldiers escorting a train fired at crowds in Hammond, killing an innocent bystander.—
Robert Loerzel,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2025
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Night in West Texas is a probing look at the cracks in the American justice system and how one innocent man so easily slipped through them.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
21 June 2025
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Insecure endpoints, poor management and generally immature cybersecurity practices created an ecosystem ripe with exploitable gaps.—
Thomas Ryd,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Moment Makers Group All cycles involved fresh oocytes (immature eggs found in the ovaries) from young donors (average age 26.1), frozen sperm from male partners and a single blastocyst embryo transfer.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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“Credulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credulous. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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