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
Meanwhile, artificial intelligence makes political deepfakes ever more sophisticated and capable of fooling gullible voters into believing their lies.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025
The team defines a goofy as someone gullible, easily influenced, a follower.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
After last week’s tragic shooting in New York that left four people dead, the same ridiculous fiction is being sold to a gullible public that was trotted out after Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, Parkland, Buffalo and all the others: Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
The same ridiculous fiction is being sold to a gullible public that was trotted out after Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, Parkland, Buffalo and all the others: Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025
The team defines a goofy as someone gullible, easily influenced, a follower.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
After last week’s tragic shooting in New York that left four people dead, the same ridiculous fiction is being sold to a gullible public that was trotted out after Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, Parkland, Buffalo and all the others: Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
—Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2025
The same ridiculous fiction is being sold to a gullible public that was trotted out after Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, Parkland, Buffalo and all the others: Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gullible
Adjective
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Ma’s description of enormous, glistening grocery stores could be explained as the musings of a person who longs for stability and plentitude, or of a naive character who thinks of America as a land of boundless riches.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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But these juvenile white sharks may be naive to orcas.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The deterioration in the labor market has been concentrated in payroll employment, which is the [datapoint] that is the most susceptible to demographic and immigration changes.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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However, Arizona's hot and dry desert climate made Gilbert susceptible to drought and wildfires, causing the low ranking in natural disaster risk.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Its low ride height makes for easy entry and exit, while a small footprint makes parking a breeze.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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Doing so will also make organizing the fridge an easier task once you’re done.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Gullible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullible. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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