Timeline for A word for someone who is easily driven by anyone for anything, but he's not foolish/innocent
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| Feb 28, 2022 at 7:27 | answer | added | insaner | timeline score: -1 | |
| Mar 19, 2015 at 4:39 | comment | added | Maulik V | @JMB that's what exactly I have been using! | |
| Mar 19, 2015 at 4:37 | comment | added | Maulik V | @TRomano rethink! Hadn't I mention 'innocent' in my question, the very first answer could have been 'Call Mike an innocent person'. :) But +1 for the word 'naive' ;) | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 21:01 | comment | added | DoneWithThis. | credulous, btw, was a late thought - I didn't want to just give a one-word comment… Personally, I think the word credulous will end up in the archaic dump-bin before too long, eventually becoming one of those words for which there is no longer a 'positive' - like 'kempt' or 'ept' ;) | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 18:43 | comment | added | CoolHandLouis | @TRomano Rather than provide vague quotations / analogies, please be more direct in helping the Questioner by stating what you think the issue is and why. Otherwise, your comment may sound sarcastic and your point can be lost. As I see it, you probably take issue with OP's use of "foolish" as in, "One who is gullible is foolish." It may be a definition of foolish that the OP isn't thinking about. | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 18:32 | answer | added | CoolHandLouis | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 18:13 | comment | added | Evelyn | Credulous? (Or overcredulous?) Impressionable? Unwary? Easily taken in? | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 16:45 | comment | added | user3169 | Also not a single word... "Mike was easily fooled." | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 14:53 | comment | added | JMB | Not a single word, but I think it's worth a mention. "To be easily led" (First of the phrases) i.e. "Mike is easily led". | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 12:53 | comment | added | TimR | Your question is analogous to "He's about 70 kilos overweight but he's not obese."-- hence the downvote. | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 12:33 | comment | added | TimR | Naive is another word that springs to mind. | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 12:30 | comment | added | TimR | A fool and his money are soon parted. | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 11:47 | comment | added | Maulik V | @Tetsujin ahhh...gullible is so close! :) thanks | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 11:24 | comment | added | DoneWithThis. | Gullible is first that springs to mind - or maybe credulous | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 11:18 | history | asked | Maulik V | CC BY-SA 3.0 |