Synonyms of gullible

gullible

adjective

ˈgə-lə-bəl 

variants also gullable

as in naive

readily taken advantage of

wished that his brother weren't so gullible as to believe he could win the fixed carnival game if he kept playing it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• naive
• naïve
• trusting
• susceptible
• unwary
• wide-eyed
• easy
• credulous
• exploitable
• unsuspecting
• uncritical
• unsophisticated
• dewy-eyed
• trustful
• guileless
• unsuspicious
• innocent
• unworldly
• artless
• genuine
• pliant
• malleable
• pliable
• amiable
• obliging
• overcredulous
• acquiescent
• simple
• deceivable
• fictile
• agreeable
• yielding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cynical
• skeptical
• wary
• suspicious
• critical
• mistrustful
• sophisticated
• hardheaded
• shrewd
• clear-eyed
• clear-sighted
• streetwise
• street-smart

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gullible

He's lost two sets of parents and has to keep his useless adoptive brother alive and journey to Mele, a mystical place that is believed to be a paradise that many think is just a fairytale told to gullible lion cubs. —Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024

As a result, the very outcome the founders most feared, namely election of a demagogue by a gullible cult of true-believers, has been made possible because of the Electoral College, which was originally designed to avoid precisely that outcome. —Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024

So be careful out there folks and don’t be gullible. —Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024

Big money, a gullible and clueless electorate, and a party (the Democrats) out of touch with reality are the major culprits. —Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024

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