gullible
/GUL-ih-bul/adjectiveeasily persuaded to believe something; credulous
“Gullible readers shared the hoax by the thousands.”
- Synonyms
- credulous, naive, trusting
- Antonyms
- skeptical, cynical
- Memory hook
- gull: swallowing whatever is thrown.
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