over-credulous
Definition
Adjective:
- Excessively trusting or ready to believe: "over-credulous" describes a person who is too willing to accept something as true without sufficient evidence, often to the point of being gullible or naive.
Usage Examples
- (She trusted too easily, leading to deception.)
- (His excessive trust made him vulnerable to fraud.)
Advanced Usage
- "to be over-credulous about something": to hold an excessively trusting belief in a particular idea or claim.
- The public was over-credulous about the politician's promises, ignoring the lack of details. (They believed too readily without critical examination.)
Variants and Related Words
- Credulous (adj): having a tendency to believe too readily, especially with little evidence.
- A credulous person might accept a conspiracy theory without question. (A person who is too trusting.)
- Over-credulity (n): the state or quality of being excessively trusting.
- His over-credulity led him to invest in a fraudulent scheme. (His excessive trust caused financial loss.)
Synonyms
- Gullible (adj): easily deceived or tricked because of being too trusting.
- Naive (adj): lacking experience or judgment, leading to an overly trusting attitude.
- Credulous (adj): ready to believe without sufficient evidence.
Related Idioms
- To swallow something hook, line, and sinker: to believe something completely, especially a lie or exaggeration.
- He swallowed the fake news story hook, line, and sinker, showing his over-credulous nature. (He believed it entirely without skepticism.)