Synonyms for gullible
ˈgʌl ə bəlgullible

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1. gullibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   fleeceable, green, naif, naïve

2. gullibleadjective

   Easily deceived or duped; naïve, easily cheated or fooled.

   Synonyms:
   naif, green, fleeceable, naïve

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1. fleeceable, green, gullibleadjective

   naive and easily deceived or tricked

   "at that early age she had been gullible and in love"

   Synonyms:
   light-green, green, unripened, greenish, unripe, dark-green, immature, fleeceable

   Antonyms:
   wary, sophisticated

2. gullibleadjective

   easily tricked because of being too trusting

   "gullible tourists taken in by the shell game"

   Synonyms:
   fleeceable, green

   Antonyms:
   sophisticated, wary

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. gullibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   [Low.] credulous, easily duped

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1. gullibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   credulous

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1. List of paraphrases for "gullible":

   naive, unsuspecting

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1. Henry Miller:

   Perhaps I am still very much of an American. That is to say, na?ve, optimistic, gullible. In the eyes of a European, what am I but an American to the core, an American who exposes his Americanism like a sore. Like it or not, I am a product of this land of plenty, a believer in superabundance, a believer in miracles.

2. Janet Morris:

   Gods and politics are the tools with which the godless and unprincipled manipulate the gullible.

3. Nikita Khrushchev:

   Your children’s children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept Communism outright, but we’ll keep feeding you small doses of Socialism until you will finally wake up and find that you already have Communism. We won’t have to fight you; We’ll so weaken your economy, until you fall like overripe fruit into our hands.

4. Mohammad Abuzar Al Zahid:

   This has become an extortion racket. They are preying on gullible people, these brokers have spread everywhere, in the villages, in towns. They are like veins in your body.

5. David Attenborough:

   We are gullible, and we like myths; we like stories, and there is one. And if your sex life is important, and you believe that there is this potion, you think, 'Well, why not give it a go?'.