ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsGgullible
ISEE/SSATmedium
gullible
Meaning: easily tricked or deceived because of being too trusting
gullible in a sentence
How gullible is used in real sentences:
The salesman targeted gullible customers who believed his exaggerated promises without question.
His younger brother was so gullible that he believed the rumor about school being canceled for a month.
“Once, she fooled a gullible newspaper editor into printing one such poem as a harmless piece about gardens.”
— from the passage Writing at the Edges
Synonyms for gullible
Other words for gullible — naive, credulous and unsuspecting — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of gullible
Words that mean the opposite of gullible:
Where it comes from
From gull 'to deceive,' of uncertain origin
Memory hook
GULLIBLE — a gull will believe any old fish story you tell it.