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41gullible — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See credulity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. innocent, trustful, simple; see naive . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [GULL uh bul] easily fooled, credulous. Gullible people believe …
42unsuspecting — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. trusting, trustful, unsuspicious, credulous, unquestioning, artless. See belief, credulity, innocence. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Gullible] Syn. undoubting, confiding, credulous; see trusting 1 . 2 …
43gullible — adjective he was a swindler who preyed on gullible elderly widows Syn: credulous, naive, overtrusting, overtrustful, easily deceived, easily taken in, exploitable, dupable, impressionable, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, ingenuous, innocent,… …
44credible — credible, creditable, credulous Credible means ‘able to be believed’, with reference to people or statements: • I stand on the balcony, apparently musing on this very credible story, but really wondering how soon we can step back inside R. James …
45creditable — credible, creditable, credulous Credible means ‘able to be believed’, with reference to people or statements: • I stand on the balcony, apparently musing on this very credible story, but really wondering how soon we can step back inside R. James …
46overcredulous — adjective too credulous for your own good • Similar to: ↑credulous * * * adj.; overcredulously, adv.; overcredulousness, n. * * * overcredˈulous (↑credulous) adj(5) • • • Main Entry: ↑over …
47cred´i|bly — cred|i|ble «KREHD uh buhl», adjective. worthy of belief; believable; reliable; trustworthy: »That boy s excuse for being absent was hardly credible. It hardly seems credible that your son has grown so tall in one year. ╂[< Latin crēdibilis… …
48cred´i|ble|ness — cred|i|ble «KREHD uh buhl», adjective. worthy of belief; believable; reliable; trustworthy: »That boy s excuse for being absent was hardly credible. It hardly seems credible that your son has grown so tall in one year. ╂[< Latin crēdibilis… …
49cred|i|ble — «KREHD uh buhl», adjective. worthy of belief; believable; reliable; trustworthy: »That boy s excuse for being absent was hardly credible. It hardly seems credible that your son has grown so tall in one year. ╂[< Latin crēdibilis < crēdere… …
50Incredulous — In*cred u*lous (?; 135), a. [L. incredulus. See {In } not, and {Credulous}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not credulous; indisposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving. Bacon. [1913 Webster] A fantastical incredulous… …