Synonyms of gullible

gullible

adjective

ˈgə-lə-bəl 

variants also gullable

as in naive

readily taken advantage of

wished that his brother weren't so gullible as to believe he could win the fixed carnival game if he kept playing it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• naive
• naïve
• trusting
• susceptible
• unwary
• wide-eyed
• easy
• credulous
• exploitable
• unsuspecting
• uncritical
• unsophisticated
• dewy-eyed
• trustful
• guileless
• unsuspicious
• innocent
• unworldly
• artless
• genuine
• pliant
• malleable
• pliable
• amiable
• obliging
• overcredulous
• acquiescent
• simple
• deceivable
• fictile
• agreeable
• yielding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cynical
• skeptical
• wary
• suspicious
• critical
• mistrustful
• sophisticated
• hardheaded
• shrewd
• clear-eyed
• clear-sighted
• streetwise
• street-smart

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of gullible

Rejecting cynicism doesn’t mean being gullible or naïve. —Jamil Zaki, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024

Sure, many organizations, like Jordan Belfort and scammers, only want to talk to stupid people who don’t understand these tactics or the exceptionally gullible, but those kinds of businesses at best don’t last long and at worst, like Belfort, land their owners in jail. —David Gaz, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024

They’re portrayed as gullible blabbermouths who spill everything the minute anyone shows public kindness. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024

Yes, the chokers and midriff-baring tops that Dunst and Williams’s sweet, gullible characters, Betsy and Arlene, sport as they get drawn deeper into Nixon’s nefarious web are anachronistic. —Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2024

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