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Another word for credulous

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credulous

modif.

gullible, unsuspicious, simple, unsophisticated; see naive, trusting 1.

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Another word for credulous

adjective

Easily imposed on or tricked:

dupable, easy, exploitable, gullible, naive, susceptible. See wise

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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.
Credulous people can often be easy targets for scams.
Some people are so credulous that they would believe anything.
Kara took the joke seriously because she was too credulous to understand the sarcasm.
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.

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