Credulous
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
credulous
adj 1: disposed to believe on little evidence; "the gimmick
would convince none but the most credulous" [ant:
{incredulous}]
2: showing a lack of judgment or experience; "so credulous he
believes everything he reads"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Credulous \Cred"u*lous\ (kr?d"?-l?s; 135), a. [L. credulus, fr.
credere. See {Creed}.]
1. Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon;
unsuspecting. --Landor.
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Eve, our credulous mother. --Milton.
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2. Believed too readily. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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