gullibility
Easy to fool
Gullibility is the tendency to be easily deceived or manipulated—a readiness to believe things without sufficient evidence.
It suggests naivety or poor judgment: His gullibility made him an easy mark for scammers.
The word carries mild contempt, implying the person should know better.
Someone with gullibility lacks healthy skepticism.
Prone to blind trust
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
- ingenuousInnocently frank and trusting
impressionable · guileless · unsuspecting · unwary · green · callow · inexperienced · simple
Dishonest money-making scheme
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- conArgument against
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
manipulation · deception · trickery · duping · victim · sucker · mark · patsy
Trust without requiring proof
- overconfidenceUnjustified certainty in oneself
- beliefTrust held as true
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- credulousnessReadiness to accept claims
trustfulness · unwariness · faith · reliance · trusting · credence · unguarded · openness
credulous
Prone to blind trust
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
ingenuous · impressionable · guileless · unsuspecting · unwary · green · callow · inexperienced · simple · childlike
scam
Dishonest money-making scheme
hoax · manipulation · deception · trickery · duping · victim · sucker · mark · patsy · charlatan
blind faith
Trust without requiring proof
- overconfidenceUnjustified certainty in oneself
- beliefTrust held as true
- acceptanceConsent to receive
credulousness · trustfulness · unwariness · faith · reliance · trusting · credence · unguarded · openness
- human flawsmistake, error, flaw, fault, failing
- personality traitsextraversion, agreeableness, introvert, neuroticism, temperament
- traitshonesty, ambitious, brave, calm, kindness
- childlike innocenceinnocence, wonder, curiosity, playfulness, imagination
- naivetenaive, innocence, innocent, credulous, ingenuousness
- irrationalityirrationality, unreason, illogic, madness, insanity
gullibilityskepticism
Disposition toward doubt
suspicion · distrust · wariness · incredulity · suspiciousness
gullibilityworldliness
Secular, experienced outlook
sophistication · experience · street smarts · savviness · astuteness
gullibilityshrewdness
Keen practical judgment
canniness · guile · cunning · craftiness · slyness