as in naive
too willing to believe things without substantial proof
Few people are credulous enough to believe such nonsense. a credulous audience
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Recent Examples of credulous
Editors’ Picks Dornford-May is a convincing ingénue, by turns goofily girlish and stubbornly credulous.
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Houman Barekat, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
The young men Mangum accused will never get back what her unfounded accusations and a credulous media landscape took from them.
—The Editors, National Review, 17 Dec. 2024
Such pronouncements have often elicited credulous reactions from Musk’s interviewers.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
His reflexive tendency to extend Lindsay the benefit of the doubt seemed both credulous and entirely rational.
—Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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Houman Barekat, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
The young men Mangum accused will never get back what her unfounded accusations and a credulous media landscape took from them.
—The Editors, National Review, 17 Dec. 2024
Such pronouncements have often elicited credulous reactions from Musk’s interviewers.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
His reflexive tendency to extend Lindsay the benefit of the doubt seemed both credulous and entirely rational.
—Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credulous
Adjective
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She's got a squeaky clean image and is a little bit naive.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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With Back on My Feet, people called me naive, and a pollyanna.—
Shimite Obialo,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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So be careful out there folks and don’t be gullible.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Until, of course, someone convinces a gullible public—or a U.S. senator—that all research currency, new and old, is created equal.—
Adam Marcus,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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At first, his relationship with Claire seemed innocent enough.—
Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2025
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The show follows an innocent father (Worthington) serving life in prison for the murder of his own son.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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He’s been there; Harper was emotional — at times, immature — as a younger player.—
Matt Gelb,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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From its opening scenes, Severance has presented the procedure the show is named for as a kind of birth, the spawning of a new, immature being.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Credulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credulous. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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