Roget's Thesaurus

#486. Credulity

Nouns

credulity, credulousness etc. adj.; cullibility, gullibility; gross credulity, infatuation; self delusion, self deception; superstition; one's blind side; bigotry etc. (obstinacy) 606; hyperorthodoxy etc. 984; misjudgment etc. 481. credulous person etc. (dupe) 547.

Verbs

be credulous etc. adj.; jurare in verba magistri [Lat.]; follow implicitly; swallow, gulp down; take on trust; take for granted, take for gospel; run away with a notion, run away with an idea; jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion; think the moon is made of green cheese; take for granted, grasp the shadow for the substance; catch at straws, grasp at straws. impose upon etc. (deceive) 545.

Adjectives

credulous, gullible; easily deceived etc. 545; simple, green, soft, childish, silly, stupid; easily convinced; over-credulous, over confident, over trustful; infatuated, superstitious; confiding etc. (believing) 484.

Phrases

the wish the father to the thought; credo quia impossibile [Lat.] [Tertullian]; all is not gold that glitters; no es oro todo lo que reluce [Sp.]; omne ignotum pro magnifico [Lat.].