credulous

English

Etymology

Originated in 1576, from Latin crēdulus (“that easily believes a thing, credulous”), from crēdō (“to believe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /krɛdjələs/, IPA: /ˈkrɛdʒələs/

Adjective

credulous (comparative more credulous, superlative most credulous)

1. Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.
2. (obsolete) Believed too readily.

Derived terms

• credulously
• credulousness

Related terms

• credulity

Synonyms

• naive, unworldly
• See also: Wikisaurus:gullible

Antonyms

• incredulous

Translations

excessively ready to believe things

• Bulgarian: доверчив (bg) (dovérčiv), лековерен (bg) (lekovéren)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輕信的 (cmn), 轻信的 (cmn) (qīngxìn de)

• Finnish: hyväuskoinen (fi), sinisilmäinen (fi)
• French: crédule (fr)
• German: leichtgläubig (de)

• Hungarian: hiszékeny (hu)
• Japanese: だまされやすい (ja) (damasareyasui)
• Polish: łatwowierny (pl)
• Russian: доверчивый (ru) (dovérčivyj), легковерный (ru) (lexkovérnyj)
• Swedish: lättrogen (sv), godtrogen (sv), lättlurad (sv)

References

• credulous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 (etymology)