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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | innocent, naive |
| Synonyms: | artless, childish, credulous, guileless, immature, ingenuous, natural, simple, spontaneous, trustful, trusting, unaffected, unfeigned |
| Notes: | childlike refers to a person's temperament, whereas childish refers to a person's behavior |
| Antonyms: | complicated, untrusting |
| Main Entry: | gullible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | naive, trusting |
| Synonyms: | being a sucker, believing, biting, credulous, easily taken in, easy mark, falling hook line and sinker, foolish, green*, innocent, kidding oneself, mark*, silly, simple, sucker, susceptible, swallowing whole, taken in, taking the bait, trustful, tumbling for, unskeptical, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, wide-eyed |
| Antonyms: | astute, discerning, knowledgeable, perceptive, suspicious, unbelieving, untrusting, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hopeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | optimistic, expectant |
| Synonyms: | anticipating, anticipative, assured, at ease, blithe, buoyant, calm, cheerful, comfortable, confident, content, eager, elated, emboldened, enthusiastic, expecting, faithful, forward-looking, high, hoping, inspirited, keeping the faith, lighthearted, looking forward to, reassured, rose-colored, rosy, sanguine, satisfied, serene, trustful, trusting, unflagging, upbeat |
| Notes: | hopeful means having or inspiring hope; optimistic means expecting the best |
| Antonyms: | despairing, despondent, discouraged, fearful, gloomy, hopeless, low, pessimistic, sad |
| Main Entry: | unsuspecting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gullible |
| Synonyms: | confiding, credulous, easy, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, naive, off guard, simple, swallowing, taken in, trustful, trusting, unconscious, undoubting, unsuspicious, unwarned, unwary |
| Antonyms: | conscious, expecting, knowing, realizing, suspecting |
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| Main Entry: | credulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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| Main Entry: | hopeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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auspicious, bright, buoyant, buoyed up, cheering, confident, elated, encouraging, enthusiastic, exempt from despair, exempt from distrust, exempt from fear, exempt from suspicion, exultant, fearless, flushed, free from despair, free from distrust, free from fear, free from suspicion, full of promise, hopeful, hoping, in good heart, in hopes, inspiriting, looking up, of good omen, of promise, on the highroad to, panglossian, probable, promising, propitious, reassuring, rose-colored, roseate, sanguine, secure, self-reliant, undespairing, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, utopian, within sight of land, within sight of shore
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