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Synonyms & Antonyms of gullible
- wished that his brother weren't so gullible as to believe he could win the fixed carnival game if he kept playing it
Synonyms for gullible
- dewy-eyed,
- easy,
- exploitable,
- naive
- (or naïve),
- susceptible,
- trusting,
- unwary,
- wide-eyed
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The first known use of gullible was in 1818
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