What are some opposite words for gullible?

Antonyms for gullible
ˈgʌl ə bəlgullible

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  1. gullibleadjective

    Synonyms:
    fleeceable, green, naif, naïve

  2. gullibleadjective

    Easily deceived or duped; naïve, easily cheated or fooled.

    Synonyms:
    naif, green, fleeceable, naïve

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. fleeceable, green, gullibleadjective

    naive and easily deceived or tricked

    "at that early age she had been gullible and in love"

    Antonyms:
    wary, sophisticated

    Synonyms:
    light-green, green, unripened, greenish, unripe, dark-green, immature, fleeceable

  2. gullibleadjective

    easily tricked because of being too trusting

    "gullible tourists taken in by the shell game"

    Antonyms:
    sophisticated, wary

    Synonyms:
    fleeceable, green

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gullibleadjective

    Synonyms:
    credulous

How to use gullible in a sentence?

  1. Salvador Panelo:

    The Philippines is immediately ordering the Bureau of Immigration to deny US Senators Dick Durbin and Patrick Leahy the imperious, uninformed, and gullible American legislators who introduced the subject provisions into the 2020 budget entry to the Philippines.

  2. Nikita Khrushchev:

    Your children’s children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible. No, you won’t accept Communism outright, but we’ll keep feeding you small doses of Socialism until you will finally wake up and find that you already have Communism. We won’t have to fight you; We’ll so weaken your economy, until you fall like overripe fruit into our hands.

  3. Mohammad Abuzar Al Zahid:

    This has become an extortion racket. They are preying on gullible people, these brokers have spread everywhere, in the villages, in towns. They are like veins in your body.

  4. David Attenborough:

    We are gullible, and we like myths; we like stories, and there is one. And if your sex life is important, and you believe that there is this potion, you think, 'Well, why not give it a go?'.

  5. Senior District Judge Reggie Walton:

    What concerns me, sir, is that you were gullible enough to come to Washington, DC, from Florida based on a lie.

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