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credulous
Meaning: too ready to believe things without enough evidence
credulous in a sentence
How credulous is used in real sentences:
The credulous shopper believed the salesman's exaggerated claims about the miracle cleaner.
Being credulous, he handed over his savings after one phone call from a stranger.
“At the same time, credulous readers accepted dramatic newspaper accounts without demanding reports that could corroborate tales of attacks along the river.”
— from the passage Where the River Moved
Synonyms for credulous
Other words for credulous — gullible, naive and trusting — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of credulous
Words that mean the opposite of credulous:
- skeptical
- suspicious
Where it comes from
From Latin credulus 'believing easily'
Word parts
- cred — belief
credulous: cred (believe) + -ulous (tending to)
Memory hook
CRED-ulous — full of CREDit for any story, no matter how unlikely.