gullible

1. 1.

   naive and easily deceived or tricked

   “at that early age she had been gullible and in love”

   Synonymsfleeceablegreen

   Similarnaive
2. 2.

   easily tricked because of being too trusting

   “gullible tourists taken in by the shell game”

   Similarunwary

Questions about gullible

What does gullible mean?

gullible means "naive and easily deceived or tricked". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gullible?

gullible has 3 syllables: gul-li-ble. The stress falls on "gul". In IPA it is /ˈɡʌləbəl/.

What is another word for gullible?

Close synonyms include fleeceable, green. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gullible a common word?

gullible is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.