credulous
/KREJ-uh-lus/adjectivetoo ready to believe things; gullible
“Credulous investors wired money to the scheme within hours.”
- Synonyms
- gullible, naive, trusting
- Antonyms
- skeptical, wary
- Root
- cred- (believe)
- Memory hook
- cred (believe) + ulous (full of): full of belief — too full.
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