credulous

English

Etymology

Originated in 1576, borrowed from Latin crēdulus (“that easily believes a thing, credulous”), from crēdō (“to believe”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɹɛdjələs/, IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɛdʒələs/

Adjective

credulous (comparative more credulous, superlative most credulous)

Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.
- 1934 George Orwell, Burmese Days:
  "The doctor was a small, black, plump man with fuzzy hair and round, credulous eyes."
(obsolete) Believed too readily.

Synonyms

naive, unworldly
See also: Thesaurus:gullible

Antonyms

incredulous

Derived terms

Related terms

credulity

Translations

excessively ready to believe things

Bulgarian: доверчив (bg) (dovérčiv), лековерен (bg) (lekovéren)
Catalan: crèdul
Chinese:
Mandarin: 輕信的 (zh), 轻信的 (zh) (qīngxìn de)
Finnish: hyväuskoinen (fi), sinisilmäinen (fi)
French: crédule (fr)
German: leichtgläubig (de)
Greek: εύπιστος (el) m (éfpistos)
Hungarian: hiszékeny (hu)

Japanese: だまされやすい (damasareyasui)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: godtroende (no)
Polish: łatwowierny (pl)
Portuguese: crédulo (pt)
Romanian: credul (ro)
Russian: дове́рчивый (ru) (dovérčivyj), легкове́рный (ru) (lexkovérnyj)
Swedish: lättrogen, godtrogen (sv), lättlurad (sv)
Turkish: safdil (tr)

References

credulous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913 (etymology)

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