credulous
adjective
[ ˈkrɛdjʊləs ]
• having or showing too great a readiness to believe things.
• "a ceremony staged for credulous tourists"
Similar:
gullible,
naive,
impressionable,
trusting,
over-trusting,
over-trustful,
exploitable,
dupable,
deceivable,
easily deceived,
easily taken in,
easily led,
unsuspicious,
unwary,
unguarded,
unsceptical,
uncritical,
unquestioning,
innocent,
ingenuous,
unworldly,
inexperienced,
unsophisticated,
artless,
guileless,
green,
as green as grass,
callow,
raw,
immature,
childlike,
wide-eyed,
simple,
ignorant,
wet behind the ears,
born yesterday,
incognizant,
nescient,
Origin:
late 16th century (in the general sense ‘inclined to believe’): from Latin credulus (from credere ‘believe’) + -ous.
