Credulous GRE Vocabulary Flashcard
/ˈkred.jʊ.ləs/ (adj)
easily deceived, easily fooled, too willing to believe everything that is said, naive, unsuspicious, trusting, imprudent, unsuspecting, unsophisticated, uncritical, innocent
Young children have a well-deserved reputation for being credulous. From an adult perspective, many of the stories they believe are outrageous—that a machine can shrink a room or clone an object, or that a fat man in a red suit flies through the air on a sleigh pulled by reindeer.
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Antonyms: incredulous, shrewd
Noun: credulousness
Noun: credulity
Adverb: credulously
