gullible
/ˈɡʌlɪbl̩/
gullible adjective: easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled.
Adjective
gullible (comparative more gullible, superlative most gullible)
- Easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled.
- Andrew is so gullible, the way he still believes in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman at the age of fourteen.
- Synonyms:
- fleeceable, green, naif, naive, credulous, born yesterday, fresh off the boat, wide-eyed
Noun
gullible (plural gullibles)
- A gullible person; someone easily fooled or tricked.
- They pictured to these gullibles the unearthly delights that were to be enjoyed as servants of the Spaniards. But such tricks could not last, for Cuba was too close to Saint Domingue, and news of the real conditions leaked across the windward passage and were bruited about.1991, Guy Endore, Babouk: Voices of Resistance, page 70
- Spurious accounts that snare the gullible are readily available. Skeptical treatments are much harder to find.1995, Carl Sagan, “The Most Precious Thing”, in The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, 1st edition, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 5
gullible meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
gullible in Tamil
- ஏமாறக்கூடிய, ஏமாளியான, எளிதில் நம்பக்கூடிய
gullible in Urdu
- بھولا, سادہ دل, سادہ مزاج, سیدھا سادھا
gullible in Bengali
- সহজে বিশ্বাস করে এমন, যাকে সহজে ঠকানো যায়
gullible in Malayalam
- സുവഞ്ചനീയ, എളുപ്പം പറ്റിക്കാവുന്ന, എളുപ്പം കബളിക്കാവുന്ന
More languagesFewer languages
- gullible in Kannada
- ಅಕ್ಕಟೆ ಮೋಸಹೋಗಬಲ್ಲ
- gullible in Tagalog
- mapaniwalain
- gullible in Arabic
- سَاذَج sāḏaj
- gullible in Malay
- lurus bendul, lurus macam bendul
- gullible in Vietnamese
- cả tin
Examples of gullible in a sentence
- They used cunning fetches to swindle money out of the gullible.
- But police said he was arrogant and manipulative, while Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah was weak-minded and gullible.
- Even with quantum-safe encryption, likewise, gullible or negligent humans will still expose data.
Synonyms of gullible
- fleeceable
- green
- naif
- naive
- credulous
- born yesterday
- fresh off the boat
- wide-eyed
Forms of gullible
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more gullible |
| superlative | most gullible |
| Noun | |
| plural | gullibles |
Origin of gullible
Origin uncertain. Either from gull (“to dupe, trick, fool”) + -ible; or alternatively from Middle English gole, goll, gol (“an unfledged bird, silly fellow”), perhaps from Old Norse gulr (“yellow, pale”), from the hue of its down.
Words formed from gullible
Questions about gullible
- What does gullible mean?
- Gullible means easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled.
- What is gullible in Tamil?
- Gullible in Tamil is ஏமாறக்கூடிய, ஏமாளியான, எளிதில் நம்பக்கூடிய. See Gullible meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is gullible?
- Gullible can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce gullible?
- Gullible is pronounced /ˈɡʌlɪbl̩/ (UK).
Words near gullible in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gullible (page history and authors); gullible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gullible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gullible (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gullible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gullible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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