hoodwinkable
Prone to deception
Hoodwinkable describes someone susceptible to being deceived or tricked.
The word combines hoodwink—to fool or mislead—with the suffix indicating capability.
A hoodwinkable person is naive, gullible, or insufficiently skeptical: The scammer targeted elderly residents, assuming they'd be more hoodwinkable.
The word is uncommon but immediately understood.
Prone to blind trust
- dupableSusceptible to trickery
- foolableAble to be tricked
- gulledTricked through deception
- suckeredTricked into believing
conned · duped · deceivable · trickable · swindleable · flimflammed · bamboozled · snookered
Prone to blind trust
- unquestioningAccepting without challenge
- confidingSharing secrets trustingly
- overtrustingPlacing unwarranted faith in others
- believingAccepting as true
unsuspecting · unwary · unguarded · trustful · faith-based · accepting · uncritical · overconfident
Open to attack
- manipulableCapable of being controlled
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- malleableCapable of being shaped
- pliableCapable of bending easily
impressionable · suggestible · influenceable · persuadable · swayable · controllable · compliant · submissive
Innocently frank and trusting
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- greenColor of vegetation
inexperienced · childlike · simple · artless · guileless · wide-eyed · unschooled · callow
credulous
Prone to blind trust
suckered · conned · duped · deceivable · trickable · swindleable · flimflammed · bamboozled · snookered · beguiled
credulous
Prone to blind trust
- unquestioningAccepting without challenge
- confidingSharing secrets trustingly
- overtrustingPlacing unwarranted faith in others
believing · unsuspecting · unwary · unguarded · trustful · faith-based · accepting · uncritical · overconfident · incautious
vulnerable
Open to attack
- manipulableCapable of being controlled
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- malleableCapable of being shaped
pliable · impressionable · suggestible · influenceable · persuadable · swayable · controllable · compliant · submissive · amenable
ingenuous
Innocently frank and trusting
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
green · inexperienced · childlike · simple · artless · guileless · wide-eyed · unschooled · callow · unversed
hoodwinkableundeceivable
Cannot be misled
unfoolable · sharp · astute · shrewd · perceptive
hoodwinkablestreetwise
Shrewd from urban experience
street-smart · savvy · worldly · sophisticated · knowing
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