incredulous

1. 1.

   not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

   Antonymscredulous

   Similardisbelieving

Questions about incredulous

What does incredulous mean?

incredulous means "not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving".

How many syllables are in incredulous?

incredulous has 4 syllables: in-cred-u-lous. The stress falls on "cred". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈkɹɛdʒələs/.

What is the opposite of incredulous?

The recorded antonyms are credulous.

Is incredulous a common word?

incredulous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.