credulous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɛdʒələs/, /kɹɛdjələs/

Adjective

credulous (comparative more credulous, superlative most credulous)

1. Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.
   • 1934 George Orwell, Burmese Days:

     "The doctor was a small, black, plump man with fuzzy hair and round, credulous eyes."

2. (obsolete) Believed too readily.

Synonyms

• naive, unworldly
• See also: Thesaurus:gullible

Antonyms

• incredulous
• noncredulous

Derived terms

• credulously
• credulousness

Translations

excessively ready to believe things

• Bulgarian: дове́рчив (bg) (dovérčiv), лекове́рен (bg) (lekovéren)
• Catalan: crèdul
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輕信的／轻信的 (zh), 轻信的 (zh) (qīngxìn de)

• Finnish: hyväuskoinen (fi), sinisilmäinen (fi)
• French: crédule (fr)
• German: leichtgläubig (de)
• Greek: εύπιστος (el) m (éfpistos)
• Hungarian: hiszékeny (hu)
• Japanese: だまされやすい (damasareyasui)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
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• Latin: crēdulus
• Macedonian: лековерен (lekoveren), лесноверен (lesnoveren)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: godtroende (no)

• Polish: łatwowierny (pl)
• Portuguese: crédulo (pt)
• Romanian: credul (ro)
• Russian: дове́рчивый (ru) (dovérčivyj), легкове́рный (ru) (lexkovérnyj)
• Swedish: lättrogen, godtrogen (sv), lättlurad (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: safdil (tr)
• Vietnamese: cả tin
• Westrobothnian:

References

• “credulous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. (etymology)