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Synonyms & Antonyms of credulous
- Few people are credulous enough to believe such nonsense.
- a credulous audience
Synonyms and Near Synonyms for credulous
- aw-shucks,
- dewy,
- dewy-eyed,
- green,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- naïf
- (or naif),
- naive
- (or naïve),
- primitive,
- simple,
- simpleminded,
- uncritical,
- unknowing,
- unsophisticated,
- unsuspecting,
- unsuspicious,
- unwary,
- unworldly,
- wide-eyed
Antonyms and Near Antonyms for credulous
- down-to-earth,
- hardheaded,
- pragmatic
- (also pragmatical),
- realistic,
- sober
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“Credulous.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credulous. Accessed 27 January 2020.
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The first known use of credulous was in 1553
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