gullible
adjective
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
naive and easily deceived or tricked
at that early age she had been gullible and in love
Related & opposite
- credulousness derivation
- naif similar to
Sense 2 adjective
easily tricked because of being too trusting
gullible tourists taken in by the shell game
Related & opposite
- credulousness derivation
- unwary similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | credulousness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | naif |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | credulousness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unwary |