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Synonyms & Antonyms of gulled
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in duped, tricked
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for gulled
- 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 & Near Antonyms for gulled
- down-to-earth,
- hardheaded,
- pragmatic
- (also pragmatical),
- realistic,
- sober
gulled
verb
past tense of gull
Synonyms & Antonyms of gulled (Entry 2 of 2)
to cause to believe what is untrue
- we were gulled into believing that if we answered the e-mail, we'd somehow become millionaires, but instead we just got put on a list for junk mail
Synonyms for gulled
- bamboozled,
- beguiled,
- bluffed,
- buffaloed,
- burned
- (or burnt),
- caught,
- conned,
- cozened,
- deceived,
- deluded,
- duped,
- faked out,
- fooled,
- gaffed,
- gammoned,
- had,
- had on
- [chiefly British],
- hoaxed,
- hoodwinked,
- hornswoggled,
- humbugged,
- juggled,
- misguided,
- misinformed,
- misled,
- snookered,
- snowed,
- spoofed,
- strung along,
- sucked in,
- suckered,
- took in,
- tricked
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“Gulled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulled. Accessed 28 Jan. 2022.
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