Synonyms of incredulous

incredulous

adjective

(ˌ)in-ˈkre-jə-ləs 

1

as in skeptical

inclined to doubt or question claims

incredulous by nature, I'm of course very suspicious of anyone who claims to be able to communicate with the dead

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skeptical
• suspicious
• cautious
• disbelieving
• careful
• unbelieving
• questioning
• doubting
• distrustful
• negativistic
• wary
• cynical
• mistrustful
• show-me
• paranoid
• curious
• quizzical
• puzzled
• suspecting
• paranoidal
• experienced
• unsure
• watchful
• inquisitive
• leery
• unconvinced
• critical
• guarded
• uncertain
• hesitant
• leary
• worldly
• sophisticated
• nosy
• nosey
• undetermined
• worldly-wise
• gun-shy
• undecided
• knowing
• inquiring
• unsettled
• snoopy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• credulous
• uncritical
• gullible
• naive
• naïve
• unsophisticated
• unquestioning
• ingenuous
• trusting
• wide-eyed
• simple
• innocent
• trustful
• green
• positive
• confident
• certain
• unworldly
• sure
• unknowing
• simpleminded
• inexperienced
• impractical
• idealistic
• childlike
• raw
• gullable
• callow
• careless
• deceived
• unsuspecting
• unsuspicious
• heedless
• unwary
• duped
• beguiled
• tricked
• gulled

2

as in incredible

too extraordinary or improbable to believe

an incredulous account of alien abduction that the tabloids had a field day with

Synonyms & Similar Words

• incredible
• unlikely
• impossible
• fantastical
• unbelievable
• ridiculous
• inconceivable
• absurd
• implausible
• doubtful
• unreasonable
• unconvincing
• unthinkable
• unimaginable
• questionable
• silly
• dubious
• fantastic
• unconceivable
• full of it
• uncompelling
• suspicious
• hopeless
• debatable
• shaky
• suspect
• fishy
• ludicrous
• disputable
• laughable
• far-fetched
• flimsy
• comical
• preposterous
• farcical
• outlandish
• dubitable
• untenable
• indefensible
• dodgy
• doubtable
• risible
• insupportable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plausible
• convincing
• conceivable
• believable
• credible
• possible
• imaginable
• creditable
• probable
• likely
• thinkable
• reasonable
• cogitable
• supposable
• certain
• indisputable
• unquestionable
• undeniable
• sure
• indubitable
• incontestable
• undoubted
• questionless

Examples of incredulous in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Florida’s public safety czar has ties to migrant flight contractor The Tampa Bay Times reported that the judge who has already ordered the governor’s staff to turn over those records seemed incredulous that the state’s lawyers were arguing otherwise. —Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024

An incredulous Nashville Vice Mayor Angie Henderson also weighed in. —Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2024

Chris Rodriguez, who was then a freshman pitcher at STU, was incredulous. —Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 23 June 2024

An incredulous Chen marveled at not only the technology but also the economics. —IEEE Spectrum, 13 June 2024