gullible

Meaning

Adj

Easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled.

Noun

A gullible person; someone easily fooled or tricked.

Synonyms

credulous

naive

fleeceable

trusting

green

unsuspecting

trustful

gullish

gull

innocent

😇

naïve

softy

be outwitted

be tricked

exploitable

spinnable

easily decived

voting cattle

blockhead

herd of voters

blue-eyed

confiding

credible

ductile

dunce

round-eyed

starry-eyed

sucker

superstitious

susceptible

unstable

unsuspicious

born yesterday

easily influenced

wide eyed

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡʌlɪbl̩/

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.