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Another word for credulous

Adjective

  1. Easily imposed on or tricked

    2. See also:

    wise

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Another word for credulous

Modifier
    2. See also:

    trusting

    naive

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Sentence Examples

  • Credulous people can often be easy targets for scams.

  • Some people are so credulous that they would believe anything.

  • Napier lived, too, not only in a wild country, which was in a lawless and unsettled state during most of his life, but also in a credulous and superstitious age.

  • Young children are very credulous with anything that a respected adult says.

  • Mulder is, if not credulous, at least more open to accepting unconventional explanations for mysterious phenomena than Scully, who persistently fights to find a 'logical' explanation.

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