credulous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: cred=u=lous

CIDE DICTIONARY

credulous, a. [L. credulus, fr. credere. See Creed.].

•  Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting.  Landor.  [1913 Webster]

  "Eve, our credulous mother."  [1913 Webster]
•  Believed too readily.  Beau. & Fl.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

credulous, adj.
1 too ready to believe; gullible.
2 (of behaviour) showing such gullibility.

Derivative

credulity n. credulously adv. credulousness n.

Etymology

L credulus f. credere believe

THESAURUS

credulous

accepting, apish, asinine, batty, befooled, beguiled, believing, besotted, brainless, buffoonish, childlike, cockeyed, confiding, crazy, daffy, daft, dazed, dependent, depending, dizzy, doting, dumb, dupable, easily taken in, easy of belief, fatuitous, fatuous, flaky, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish, fuddled, futile, gaga, goofy, green, guileless, gulled, gullible, idiotic, imbecile, inane, inclined to believe, inept, inexperienced, infatuated, innocent, insane, kooky, loony, mad, maudlin, moronic, naive, nutty, overconfiding, overcredulous, overtrustful, overtrusting, reliant, relying, sappy, screwy, senseless, sentimental, silly, simple, stupid, superstitious, thoughtless, trustful, trusting, trusty, uncritical, undoubting, unquestioning, unskeptical, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, wacky, wet, without suspicion, witless

ROGET THESAURUS

credulous

Belief

N belief, credence, credit, assurance, faith, trust, troth, confidence, presumption, sanguine expectation, dependence on, reliance on, persuasion, conviction, convincement, plerophory, self- conviction, certainty, opinion, mind, view, conception, thinking, impression, surmise, conclusion, tenet, dogma, principle, way of thinking, popular belief, firm belief, implicit belief, settled belief, fixed rooted deep- rooted belief, staunch belief, unshaken belief, steadfast belief, inveterate belief, calm belief, sober belief, dispassionate belief, impartial belief, well-founded belief, firm opinion, implicit opinion, settled opinion, fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion, staunch opinion, unshaken opinion, steadfast opinion, inveterate opinion, calm opinion, sober opinion, dispassionate opinion, impartial opinion, well-founded opinion, uberrima fides, system of opinions, school, doctrine, articles, canons, article of faith, declaration of faith, profession of faith, tenets, credenda, creed, thirty-nine articles, catechism, assent, propaganda, credibility, believing, certain, sure, assured, positive, cocksure, satisfied, confident, unhesitating, convinced, secure, under the impression, impressed with, imbued with, penetrated with, confiding, suspectless, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, void of suspicion, credulous, wedded to, believed, accredited, putative, unsuspected, worthy of, deserving of, commanding belief, credible, reliable, trustworthy, to be depended on, satisfactory, probably, fiducial, fiduciary, persuasive, impressive, relating to belief, doctrinal, in the opinion of, in the eyes of, me judice, meseems, methinks, to the best of one's belief, I dare say, I doubt not, I have no doubt, I am sure, sure enough, depend upon, rely upon it, be assured, rest assured, I'll warrant you, experto crede, fata viam invenient, Justitiae soror incorrupta Fides, live to explain thy doctrine by thy life, stands not within the prospect of belief, tarde quae credita laedunt credimus, vide et crede.

Credulity

N credulity, credulousness, cullibility, gullibility, gross credulity, infatuation, self delusion, self deception, superstition, one's blind side, bigotry, hyperorthodoxy, misjudgment, credulous person, credulous, gullible, easily deceived, simple, green, soft, childish, silly, stupid, easily convinced, over-credulous, over confident, over trustful, infatuated, superstitious, confiding, the wish the father to the thought, credo quia impossibile, all is not gold that glitters, no es oro todo lo que reluce, omne ignotum pro magnifico.

Dupe

N dupe, gull, gudgeon, gobemouche, cull, cully, victim, pigeon, April fool, jay, sucker, laughingstock, Cyclops, simple Simon, flat, greenhorn, fool, puppet, cat's paw, credulous, mistaken.