credulous
USKREJ-uh-luhs/ˈkɹɛd͡ʒələs/
Often confused with credible
- 1Believing things too easily, so that you are easy to fool.
My little brother is so credulous that he believed the cat could talk.
The scammer looked for credulous people who would send him money.
Similargullible, naive, unworldly, green, wide-eyed
Oppositeskeptical, incredulous, suspicious, wary
- 2Used about a story or claim that people believe too easily.
The news site was full of credulous stories about a new miracle pill.
Her report repeated a credulous tale about a monster living in the lake.
Similaruncritical
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Origin
It comes from a Latin word for someone who believes things easily, from crēdō, "to believe".