Meaning of CREDULOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'krejulus
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- [adj] disposed to believe on little evidence; "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous"
- [adj] showing a lack of judgment or experience; "so credulous he believes everything he reads"
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| | Synonyms: | | credible, overcredulous, unquestioning |
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| | Antonyms: | | incredulous | | |
| | See Also: | | believable, naif, naive, trustful, trusting | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
Eve, our credulous mother. --Milton.
2. Believed too readily. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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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