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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.

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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 gullible

And finally, this is who most of our political press is—gullible enough to be surprised by either of the first two.

Today’s GOP: Still Cool With Racist Pandering? |Michael Tomasky |January 7, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
How could she—and the 56 percent of women who voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 election—have been so gullible?

GOP to Women: Obama’s Your Guilty Pleasure |Judith Grey |May 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Some of it was just general-purpose paranoia, designed to trick money out of the pockets of the fearful and gullible.

Ron Paul: Still a Bunco Artist |David Frum |January 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
She cynically manipulated her gullible enthusiasts, knowing all the while that she never intended to run.

Arrivederci, Sarah! |Joe McGinniss |October 6, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Imagine, by contrast, a Gingrich who spent the 1990s fulfilling that vow made to the young and gullible Tomasky.

Why Newt Gingrich Will Never Be President |Michael Tomasky |May 10, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
He posed to the gullible public and sensational newspapers as a patriot and a hero.

Ku Klux Klan Secrets Exposed |Ezra Asher Cook
Newspapers are concoctions of press agents, for the most part—bait for the gullible.

Peeps at People |Robert Cortes Holliday
In fact, two nations at war are in the defenseless and gullible position of a certain English married couple.

Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers, Vol. I |Various
Everybody liked him, and delighted in him for his generous, gullible nature and brilliant sallies.

Character and Opinion in the United States |David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
Indian was a gullible, innocent sort of a lad; life was a solemn and serious business with him.

On Guard |Upton Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for gullible

gullible

/ (ˈɡʌləbəl) /

adjective

easily taken in or tricked

Derived forms of gullible

gullibility, noun gullibly, adverb