GULLIBLE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for GULLIBLE?

Need another word that means the same as “gullible”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “gullible” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Gullible” are: fleeceable, green, credulous, trustful, impressionable, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, unguarded, ingenuous, naive, innocent, simple, inexperienced, unworldly, childlike, ignorant

Gullible as an Adjective

Definitions of "Gullible" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “gullible” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Naive and easily deceived or tricked.
• Easily persuaded to believe something; credulous.
• Easily tricked because of being too trusting.

Synonyms of "Gullible" as an adjective (17 Words)

childlike	Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity. Childlike trust.
credulous	Disposed to believe on little evidence. So credulous he believes everything he reads.
fleeceable	Naive and easily deceived or tricked.
green	Consisting of fresh green vegetables. Green paint.
ignorant	Angry or quick-tempered. I was largely ignorant of the effects of radiotherapy.
impressionable	Easily impressed or influenced. An impressionable age.
inexperienced	Lacking practical experience or training. He is still relatively young and inexperienced.
ingenuous	Lacking in sophistication or worldliness. He eyed her with wide ingenuous eyes.
innocent	Not knowledgeable about something specified. She is a poor innocent young creature.
naive	Of or created by one without formal training simple or naive in style. He took part in the experiment as a naive subject.
simple	Humble and unpretentious. A simple game.
trustful	Inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust. A trustful acceptance of authority.
unguarded	Displaying or feeling no wariness. An unguarded gate.
unsuspecting	(of a person or animal) not aware of the presence of danger; feeling no suspicion. Anti personnel mines lie in wait for their unsuspecting victims.
unsuspicious	Not having or showing suspicion. She has a caring unsuspicious nature.
unwary	Not alert to danger or deception. Hidden traps for the unwary.
unworldly	Not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations- Sheldon Cheney. An almost unworldly stillness.

Usage Examples of "Gullible" as an adjective

• Gullible tourists taken in by the shell game.
• An attempt to persuade a gullible public to spend their money.
• At that early age she had been gullible and in love.

Associations of "Gullible" (30 Words)

accountable	Required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible. Ministers are accountable to Parliament.
accuracy	The degree to which the result of a measurement, calculation, or specification conforms to the correct value or a standard. We have confidence in the accuracy of the statistics.
baloney	Pretentious or silly talk or writing. I don t buy it it s all a load of baloney.
bamboozle	Cheat or fool. He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well.
belief	Something one accepts as true or real; a firmly held opinion. The medieval system of fervent religious belief.
believable	Able to be believed; credible. She felt that Dawn s story was not quite believable.
believe	Follow a credo have a faith be a believer. The deal is believed to be worth around 15 million.
confiding	Willing to tell someone about a secret or private matter and trust them not to repeat it to others. She was in a confiding mood.
credibility	The quality of being believable or trustworthy. The government s loss of credibility.
credible	Credulous. She was not the credible fool he expected.
credulous	Having or showing too great a readiness to believe things. A ceremony staged for credulous tourists.
deception	An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers. A range of elaborate deceptions.
dependable	Financially sound. The most valuable and dependable of America s allies.
faith	Loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person. The Christian faith.
faithful	Those who are faithful to a particular religion or political party. The city has always been faithful to the Conservative party.
hoax	Subject to a playful hoax or joke. The evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax.
honesty	Referring to or using a way of charging for goods or services that relies on the customers to leave money in an unattended receptacle even though there is no one to collect their payments. They spoke with convincing honesty about their fears.
integrity	Moral soundness. A gentleman of complete integrity.
naive	Of or created by one without formal training simple or naive in style. Andy had a sweet naive look when he smiled.
reliability	The quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well. The car s background gives me every confidence in its reliability.
rely	Depend on with full trust or confidence. I know I can rely on your discretion.
trust	An arrangement whereby a person a trustee holds property as its nominal owner for the good of one or more beneficiaries. I trust that you have enjoyed this book.
trusted	Regarded as reliable or truthful. A trusted adviser.
trustful	Having or marked by a total belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone. A trustful acceptance of authority.
trusting	Inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust. A shy and trusting child.
trustworthiness	The ability to be relied on as honest or truthful. Reliability and trustworthiness are important assets in politics.
trustworthy	Worthy of trust or belief. A trustworthy report.
truthfulness	The fact of being true; truth. The truthfulness of her playing of an ageing American spinster.
unwary	Not alert to danger or deception- O.J.Campbell. Seduce the unwary reader into easy acquiescence.