ADJECTIVE | all | credulous | disposed to believe on little evidence |
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all | credulous | showing a lack of judgment or experience |
Sounds | kreh'jhahlahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | disposed to believe on little evidence. | |
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Example | "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous" | |
Narrower | credible | (a common but incorrect usage where 'credulous' would be appropriate) credulous |
overcredulous | Too credulous for your own good | |
unquestioning | not inclined to ask questions | |
See also | naive, naif | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly / worldly experience |
trustful, trusting | Inclined to believe or confide readily | |
Opposite | incredulous | not disposed or willing to believe |
Spanish | crédulo | |
Catalan | crèdul | |
Nouns | credulity | tendency to believe readily |
credulousness | tendency to believe too readily and therefore / therefore to be easily deceived / deceived | |
Adverbs | credulously | in a credulous manner |
Meaning | showing a lack of judgment or experience. | |
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Example | "so credulous he believes everything he reads" | |
Broader | naive, naif | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly / worldly experience |
Spanish | crédulo | |
Nouns | credulity | tendency to believe readily |
credulousness | tendency to believe too readily and therefore / therefore to be easily deceived / deceived |
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