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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
disposed to believe, esp. on scanty evidence; gullible.
His credulous parents believed any story he made up about his whereabouts after school.Audiences were more credulous in the early days of the movies, and special effects did not have to be extremely realistic to wow viewers.- synonyms:
- gullible
- antonyms:
- incredulous, skeptical
- similar words:
- believing, ingenuous, innocent, naive, soft, trustful, trusting, uncritical, unsophisticated, unsuspicious
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| definition 2: |
based upon or caused by gullibility.
These were credulous investments in doubtful businesses.- antonyms:
- incredulous
- similar words:
- imprudent, naive, reckless, silly, thoughtless, unwise
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adverb + (adj.)credulous
less, long, most, overly
(adj.)credulous
+ noun
age, article, attention, audience, boy, folk, paper, press, public, soul
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| derivations: |
credulously (adv.), credulousness (n.) |
The word credulous
contains the following parts:
cred, credit
Latin
root
that means believe
  Example words:
accredit, credence, credible, credit, creditable, creditor, credo, credulity, credulous, creed, discredit, incredible, incredulity, incredulous, miscreant, recreant
-ulous
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, characterized by
Example words:
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