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- DictionaryCred·u·lous/ˈkrejələs/
adjective
- 1. having or showing too great a readiness to believe things: "a ceremony staged for credulous tourists"
CREDULOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of credulous in English. credulous. adjective. formal us / ˈkredʒ.ə.ləs / uk / ˈkredʒ.ə.ləs / Add to word list. too willing to believe what you are told and so easily deceived. Synonym. gullible. Opposite. incredulous. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Stupid and silly.
showing a lack of judgment or experience. “so credulous he believes everything he reads”. synonyms: naif, naive. marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience. adjective. disposed to believe on little evidence. “the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous ”. synonyms:
1. Disposed to believe too readily; gullible. 2. Arising from or characterized by credulity. See Usage Note at credible. [From Latin crēdulus, from crēdere, to believe; see kerd- in Indo-European roots .] cred′u·lous·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of credulous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
4 days ago · credulous in American English. (ˈkredʒələs) adjective. 1. willing to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullible. 2. marked by or arising from credulity. a credulous rumor. SYNONYMS 1. believing, trustful, unsuspecting.
Excessively ready to believe things; gullible. Wiktionary. Synonyms: unskeptical. overcredulous. unwary. unsuspecting. accepting. naive. trusting. gullible. exploitable. easy. dupable. susceptible. Antonyms: incredulous. untrusting. suspicious. suspecting. skeptical.
Sep 6, 2023 · credulous ( comparative more credulous, superlative most credulous) Excessively ready to believe things; gullible . Synonyms: naive, unworldly; see also Thesaurus: gullible. Believed too readily.
