Credulous

Adjective

 * 1) Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.

Derived terms

 * credulously
 * credulousness

Related terms

 * credulity

Synonyms

 * naive, unworldly
 * See also: Thesaurus:gullible

Antonyms

 * incredulous

Adverbs for Credulous
good-naturedly; reluctantly; instantly;readily; gullibly; foolishly; thoughtlessly; unthinkingly; boyishly; eagerly; enthusiastically; fondly; blindly; innocently; gravely; stupidly; superstitiously; idiotically; laughably; guilelessly; artlessly; ingenuously; childishly; ardently; ignorantly.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
Originated in 1576, from credulus:, from credo:.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: доверчив, лековерен
 * German:
 * Hungarian: hiszékeny


 * Polish: łatwowierny
 * Swedish: lättrogen, godtrogen, lättlurad
 * Traditional Chinese: