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English-Thai Dictionary

gullible

ADJ โดน หลอก ง่าย เซ่อ naive innocent born yesterday don-lok-ngai

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GULLIBLE

GULLIBLE Gul "li *ble, a.

Defn: Easily gulled; that may be duped. -- Gul "li *bii `i *ty, n. Burke.

New American Oxford Dictionary

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Oxford Dictionary

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American Oxford Thesaurus

gullible

gullible adjective he was a swindler who preyed on gullible elderly widows: credulous, naive, overtrusting, overtrustful, easily deceived, easily taken in, exploitable, dupable, impressionable, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, ingenuous, innocent, inexperienced, unworldly, green; informal wet behind the ears, born yesterday. ANTONYMS suspicious. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD gullible, callow, credulous, ingenuous, naive, trusting, unsophisticated Some people will believe anything. Those who are truly gullible are the easiest to deceive, which is why they so often make fools of themselves. Those who are merely credulous might be a little too quick to believe something, but they usually aren't stupid enough to act on it. Trusting suggests the same willingness to believe (a trusting child ), but it isn't necessarily a bad way to be (a person so trusting he completely disarmed his enemies ). No one likes to be called naive because it implies a lack of street smarts (she's so naive she'd accept a ride from a stranger ), but when applied to things other than people, it can describe a simplicity and absence of artificiality that is quite charming (the naive style in which nineteenth-century American portraits were often painted ). Most people would rather be thought of as ingenuous, meaning straightforward and sincere (an ingenuous confession of the truth ), because it implies the simplicity of a child without the negative overtones. Callow, however, comes down a little more heavily on the side of immaturity and almost always goes hand-in-hand with youth. Whether young or old, someone who is unsophisticated suffers from a lack of experience. These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

Oxford Thesaurus

gullible

gullible adjective the swindler preyed upon gullible old women: credulous, over-trusting, over-trustful, trustful, easily deceived /led, easily taken in, exploitable, dupable, deceivable, impressionable, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, unguarded, unsceptical, ingenuous, naive, innocent, simple, inexperienced, unworldly, green, as green as grass, childlike, ignorant; foolish, silly; informal wet behind the ears, born yesterday. ANTONYMS cynical; suspicious. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD gullible, credulous ■ A gullible person is easy to deceive because they are too ready to believe or trust someone (professional manipulators intent on pulling the wool over the eyes of a gullible public ). They are particularly likely to believe something that would be to their advantage or that they want to be true. Gullible carries a note of scornful pity at someone's foolish failure to examine the evidence critically. ■ Credulous also describes people who are too ready to believe or accept what they are told (the very incomprehensibility of the modern world has made us even more credulous ), but, unlike gullible, credulous does not necessarily imply that anyone is deliberately trying to take advantage of an easily-fooled person. These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gullible

gul li ble /ɡʌ́ləb (ə )l /形容詞信じやすい, だまされやすい .g ú l li bly 副詞信じやすく .