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- Dictionarycredulous/ˈkrɛdjʊləs/
adjective
- 1. having or showing too great a readiness to believe things: "a ceremony staged for credulous tourists"
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adjective. formal uk / ˈkredʒ.ə.ləs / us / ˈkredʒ.ə.ləs / Add to word list. too willing to believe what you are told and so easily deceived. Synonym. gullible. Opposite. incredulous. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Stupid and silly. absurdity. absurdly. adolescent. against your better judgment idiom. dopily. dorky. dottiness. dotty.
adjective. formal us / ˈkredʒ.ə.ləs / uk / ˈkredʒ.ə.ləs / Add to word list. too willing to believe what you are told and so easily deceived. Synonym. gullible. Opposite. incredulous. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Stupid and silly. absurdity. absurdly. adolescent. against your better judgment idiom. dopily. dorky. dottiness. dotty.
The meaning of CREDULOUS is ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence. How to use credulous in a sentence. Did you know?
Credulous definition: willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible. . See examples of CREDULOUS used in a sentence.
People who believe things easily without having to be convinced are credulous. Sales people are always hoping that someone credulous picks up the phone during a sales call. Credulous comes from the 16th-century Latin credulus, or "easily believes."
noun [ U ] formal uk / krəˈdʒuː.lə.ti / us / krəˈduː.lə.t̬i / (also credulousness, uk / ˈkredʒ.ə.ləs.nəs / us / ˈkredʒ.ə.ləs.nəs /) Add to word list. willingness to believe that something is real or true, especially when this is unlikely. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not believing. (that's) a likely story! idiom. anti-science.
If you describe someone as credulous, you have a low opinion of them because they are too ready to believe what people tell them and are easily deceived.
1. tending to believe something on little evidence. 2. arising from or characterized by credulity: credulous beliefs. [C16: from Latin crēdulus, from crēdere to believe] ˈcredulously adv. ˈcredulousness n.
Definition of credulous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
credulous meaning, definition, what is credulous: always believing what you are told, and ...: Learn more.
