What do you call an easily fooled person?

gullible Add to list Share. If you are gullible, the joke is on you because you are easily fooled. It is thought that gullible might be derived from the verb gull, meaning "to swallow." This would be a funny coincidence as gullible describes an overly trusting person who tends to swallow the stories he hears whole.
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What do you call people who trick you?

noun. A person who cheats: bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, victimizer. Informal: chiseler, crook, flimflammer.
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What do you call a person that is gullible?

foolish, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, wide-eyed, believing, biting, credulous, green, innocent, mark, silly, simple, sucker, susceptible, trustful, unskeptical.
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What do you call someone who is easily taken advantage of?

Advantage takers (60.08%) Someone who's taken in (59.86%) A PERSON WHO IS GULLIBLE AND EASY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF (58.66%) A STUPID PERSON WHO IS EASY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF (58.66%)
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What is naive person?

adjective. having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous. having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous: She's so naive she believes everything she reads.
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What is it called when you trick someone into believing something?

dupe. verb. to trick someone into believing something that is not true or into doing something that is stupid or illegal.
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What word means to trick or deceive someone?

Definitions of trickery. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) synonyms: chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, wile. types: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on.
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What's another word for deception?

Some common synonyms of deception are double-dealing, fraud, subterfuge, and trickery.
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What's another word for con man?

In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for con-man, like: crook, swindler, scammer, rascal, cheater, con-artist, scamp, flimflammer, cheat, fraud and bilker.
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What do you call someone who fakes their personality?

Definition - impostor, charlatan.
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What is a synonym for manipulation?

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for manipulations. subterfuges, trickeries.
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What is another name for self betrayal?

In this page you can discover 13 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for self-deception, like: self-delusion, self-deceit, mystification, egotism, egoism, amorality, insincerity, fatalism, nihilism, self-centeredness and irrationality.
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What's another word for delusional?

Frequently Asked Questions About delusion

Some common synonyms of delusion are hallucination, illusion, and mirage.
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What is it called when your brain tricks you into thinking something?

This phenomenon is known as availability heuristic - a mental shortcut which does indeed rely upon immediate examples that come to mind. Basically, the brain is tricked into thinking that if something can be recalled, it must be important - or at least more important than potential alternatives.
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What is another word for mind tricking?

Find another word for mind-boggling. In this page you can discover 34 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for mind-boggling, like: baffling, incomprehensible, perplexing, stunning, puzzling, mind-bending, numbing, mysterious, mind-blowing, jaw-dropping and dizzying.
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What do u mean by cliche?

Definition of cliché

1 : a trite phrase or expression also : the idea expressed by it. 2 : a hackneyed theme, characterization, or situation. 3 : something (such as a menu item) that has become overly familiar or commonplace.
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What does timid mean?

Definition of timid

1 : lacking in courage or self-confidence a timid person. 2 : lacking in boldness or determination a timid policy.
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How do I stop being so gullible?

How to Avoid Gullibility
  1. Don't rush big decisions. When we make big decisions in a rush or when we are exhausted, they tend to be bad ones. ...
  2. Avoid high gullibility situations. ...
  3. Admit your limitations. ...
  4. Learn how to disengage. ...
  5. Adopt a skeptical attitude.
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Whats the word for tricking yourself?

delude Add to list Share. To delude is to trick or fool, often in relation to yourself. If you delude yourself into thinking your mom's chocolate cake is low in fat, you'll be disappointed to find out it's made with two sticks of butter!
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Whats the meaning of self-deception?

Definition of self-deception

: the act or an instance of deceiving oneself or the state of being deceived by oneself especially concerning one's true nature, feelings, etc.
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What is it called when you convince yourself something?

Self-deception involves convincing oneself of a truth (or lack of truth) so that one does not reveal any self-knowledge of the deception.
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What do you call a person who manipulates?

The person manipulating — called the manipulator — seeks to create an imbalance of power, and take advantage of a victim to get power, control, benefits, and/or privileges at the expense of the victim. Manipulation can happen in close or casual relationships, but they are more common in closely formed relationships.
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What's another word for manipulative person?

In this page you can discover 7 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for manipulative, like: devious, duplicitous, narcissistic, , machiavellian, egocentric and sadistic.
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