gullible.

Too ready to believe claims or accept deception.

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Words that belong together

• gullible audience
• gullible reader

On the page

The narrator was gullible about compliments but skeptical about promises.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more gullible; superlative most gullible when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.