If you describe someone as credulous, you have a low opinion of them because they are too ready to believe what people tell them and are easily deceived.
[disapproval]
...quack doctors charming money out of the pockets of credulous health-hungry citizens.
Synonyms: gullible, trusting, unsuspecting, naive or naïve More Synonyms of credulous
credulous in British English
(ˈkrɛdjʊləs)
adjective
1.
tending to believe something on little evidence
2.
arising from or characterized by credulity
credulous beliefs
Derived forms
credulously (ˈcredulously)
adverb
credulousness (ˈcredulousness)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Latin crēdulus, from crēdere to believe
credulous in American English
(ˈkrɛdʒʊləs; ˈkrɛdʒələs)
adjective
1.
tending to believe too readily; easily convinced
2.
resulting from or indicating credulity
Derived forms
credulously (ˈcredulously)
adverb
credulousness (ˈcredulousness)
noun
Word origin
L credulus < credere: see creed
Examples of 'credulous' in a sentence
credulous
Why are people so wilfully credulous?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I'll tell you why not, credulous woman.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Thus credulous fools are WHAT?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
(adjective)
Definition
arising from or showing credulity
Children can be credulous and accept what they are told.
Synonyms
gullible
I'm so gullible I believed him.
trusting
unsuspecting
selling junk bonds to thousands of unsuspecting depositors
naive or naïve
uncritical
green
He was a young lad, very green and immature.
born yesterday (informal)
wet behind the ears (informal)
unsuspicious
as green as grass
dupable
overtrusting
Opposites
suspecting
,
wary
,
cynical
,
sceptical
,
incredulous
,
unbelieving
Additional synonyms
in the sense of green
Definition
inexperienced or gullible
He was a young lad, very green and immature.
Synonyms
inexperienced,
new,
innocent,
raw,
naive,
ignorant,
immature,
gullible,
callow,
untrained,
unsophisticated,
credulous,
ingenuous,
unpolished,
wet behind the ears (informal),
inexpert,
unpractised,
unversed
in the sense of unsuspecting
Definition
having no idea of what is happening or about to happen
selling junk bonds to thousands of unsuspecting depositors