gullible

English

Etymology

Either gull +‎ -ible, or from dialect (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English gull (“newly hatched bird”), perhaps from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse gulr, from the hue of its down.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌlɪbl̩/

Adjective

gullible (comparative more gullible, superlative most gullible)

1. Easily deceived or duped; naïve, easily cheated or fooled.

Synonyms

• fleeceable, green, naif, naïve
• See also Thesaurus:gullible

Derived terms

• gullibility
• gullibly

Translations

easily deceived or duped, naïve

• Bulgarian: доверчив (bg) (doverčiv), наивен (bg) (naiven)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 容易輕信的／容易轻信的, 容易轻信的 (róngyì qīngxìn de), 輕信別人的／轻信别人的, 輕信別人的／轻信别人的 (qīngxìn biérén de)

• Czech: důvěřivý, naivní (cs)
• Dutch: naïef (nl), lichtgelovig (nl), goedgelovig (nl)
• Esperanto: kredema, naiva (eo)
• Finnish: herkkäuskoinen (fi), sinisilmäinen (fi), hyväuskoinen (fi)
• French: crédule (fr), naïf (fr)
• German: einfältig (de), leichtgläubig (de), naiv (de), gutgläubig (de)
• Greek: εύπιστος (el) m (éfpistos), αφελής (el) m (afelís)
• Hebrew: פֶּתִי (he) m (péti)
• Hungarian: hiszékeny (hu)
• Icelandic: trúgjarn, auðtrúa
• Italian: credulone (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: crēdulus
• Luxembourgish: naiv (lb), liichtgleeweg, topeg
• Maori: tūpatokore
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: godtroende (no), lettlurt, naiv (no)

  Nynorsk: godtruande, lettlurt, naiv

• Occitan: creserèl, credul
• Polish: naiwny (pl), łatwowierny (pl)
• Portuguese: crédulo (pt)
• Russian: дове́рчивый (ru) (dovérčivyj), простоду́шный (ru) (prostodúšnyj), наи́вный (ru) (naívnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: lakovjeran m
• Spanish: crédulo (es), cándido (es), ingenuo (es)
• Swedish: lättlurad (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: saf (tr), naif (tr)
• Vietnamese: cả tin

Noun

gullible (plural gullibles)

1. A gullible person; someone easily fooled or tricked.
   • 1991, Guy Endore, Babouk: Voices of Resistance (page 70)

     They pictured to these gullibles the unearthly delights that were to be enjoyed as servants of the Spaniards. But such tricks could not last, for Cuba was too close to Saint Domingue, and news of the real conditions leaked across the windward passage and were bruited about.

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