gullible
Meanings
Plural: gullibles
Adjective Satellite
- naive and easily deceived or tricked
- "at that early age she had been gullible and in love"
- easily tricked because of being too trusting
- "gullible tourists taken in by the shell game"
Adj
- Easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled.
Noun
- A gullible person; someone easily fooled or tricked.
Origin / Etymology
Origin uncertain. Either from gull (“to dupe, trick, fool”) + -ible; or alternatively from Middle English gole, goll, gol (“an unfledged bird, silly fellow”), perhaps from Old Norse gulr (“yellow, pale”), from the hue of its down.
Synonyms
born yesterday, credulous, fleeceable, fresh off the boat, green, gullible, naif, naive, wide-eyed
Scrabble Score: 11
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