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gullible

or gul·la·ble

[ guhl-uh-buhl ]

/ ˈgʌl ə bəl /

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adjective

easily deceived or cheated.

Origin of gullible

First recorded in 1815–25; gull² + -ible

SYNONYMS FOR gullible

credulous, trusting, naive, innocent, simple, green.

SEE SYNONYMS FOR gullible ON THESAURUS.COM

OTHER WORDS FROM gullible

gul·li·bil·i·ty, noun gul·li·bly, adverb

Words nearby gullible

gull wing, gull-wing, gullah, gullet, gulley, gullible, gulliver's travels, gullstrand, gully, gullywasher, gulosity

Example sentences from the Web for gullibility

Not surprisingly, given the gullibility of Apple devotees like myself, Apple's profit margins are the envy of Silicon Valley.

Time to Short Apple Stock? |Reihan Salam |May 31, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
I also asked the man who wrote the book on gullibility—literally.

Why Smart People Are Dumb |Morley Safer |February 11, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
A psychologist and authority on gullibility lost $400,000 of his retirement nest egg to none other than Bernard Madoff.

Why Smart People Are Dumb |Morley Safer |February 11, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
As such, it would be, in any case, a large tax upon the gullibility of readers outside the back streets of Paris.

Devil-Worship in France |Arthur Edward Waite

We seem to identify imagination with gullibility or vague thinking.

Here and Now Story Book |Lucy Sprague Mitchell
And if ever any theory required power of gullibility like this last and newest, we have failed to hear of that.

Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 |Various
People must learn to curb their gullibility in such affairs.

The Business of Mining |Arthur J. Hoskin
She raised her eyes furtively toward the adversary, an appraising glance, as if to judge his gullibility.

Heart of the Blue Ridge |Waldron Baily

British Dictionary definitions for gullibility

gullible

/ (ˈɡʌləbəl) /

adjective

easily taken in or tricked

Derived forms of gullible

gullibility, noun gullibly, adverb