OVERCREDULOUS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

overcredulous

adjective

Definition of overcredulous

as in uncritical

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Adjective

But the podcast, while not uncritical, promises only good times with good company.

— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Research published in 2024 in the Journal of Political Ideologies similarly describes patriotism as being associated with commitment to democratic ideals and community, while nationalism is often conceptualized as a more exclusionary and uncritical attachment to the nation.

— Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

Definition of uncritical

Adjective

Jentleson spends only one page on this obvious disappointment, faulting Fetterman for taking too much delight in conflict with the left and for becoming too credulous toward AIPAC.

— Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
So what if the credulous smallfolk now believe that the Usurper’s rule is ordained by the Gods?

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of credulous

Adjective

There’s the intelligence of her positioning for all three, but particularly the third, with Shaw putting space between herself and Kerolin at the top of Spurs’ 18-yard box to seem totally unsuspicious to the two Spurs defenders who should know better.

— Megan Feringa, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Gerger quoted from a transcript of Mirhashemi’s interviews with the feds, including Mirhashemi suggesting that Legends and OVG had unsuspicious—and lawful—reasons to join forces.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025

Definition of unsuspicious

Adjective

Control Apple maggot flies are closely monitored in susceptible regions, and small outbreaks can sometimes be managed without conventional pesticides.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
White wines and rosés are especially susceptible to the phenomenon known as lightstrike, but sunlight can ruin any wine.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of susceptible

Adjective

In those early auditions, an unsuspecting superpower came from Kendrick’s radical modesty.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2026
One burns the only copy of her sister’s precious handwritten manuscript; at least two others set houses on fire, one while her unsuspecting parents are still asleep inside.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of unsuspecting

Adjective

Rebecca and Verity, which stars Johnson, are also about a new, naïve lover entering the home of a bad man with a wife hidden in his house of horrors.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
Their 16-year-old had gone from being a naive gamer to converting to an extreme vision of Islam in a matter of months – and began judging the world through that dark prism.

— Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

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