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[ adjective ] naive and easily deceived or tricked

Synonyms

green fleeceable

Examples

"at that early age she had been gullible and in love"

Used in print

(Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)

With these gadgets - impressive to the gullible because of their flashing light_bulbs , ticks , and buzzes - he then carries_out a vicious medical con_game , capitalizing on people 's respect for the electrical and atomic wonders of our scientific age .

Related terms

naive

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[ adjective ] easily tricked because of being too trusting

Examples

"gullible tourists taken in by the shell game"

Related terms

unwary

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