Antonyms for innocent
ˈɪn ə səntin·no·cent

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1. innocentadjective

   Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.

   Antonyms:
   guilty, nocent

2. innocentadjective

   Synonyms:
   sackless

3. innocentadjective

   Synonyms:
   untainted, pure

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1. innocent

   Innocent, in the full sense, signifies not tainted with sin; not having done wrong or violated legal or moral precept or duty; as, an innocent babe. Innocent is a negative word, expressing less than righteous, upright, or virtuous, which imply knowledge of good and evil, with free choice of the good. A little child or a lamb is innocent; a tried and faithful man is righteous, upright, virtuous. Immaculate, pure, and sinless may be used either of one who has never known the possibility of evil or of one who has perfectly and triumphantly resisted it. Innocent is used of inanimate substances in the sense of harmless; as, an innocent remedy, that is, one not dangerous, even if not helpful. Innocent, in a specific case, signifies free from the guilt of a particular act, even tho the total character may be very evil; as, the thief was found to be innocent of the murder. See CANDID; PURE.

   Compare synonyms for CRIMINAL.

   Synonyms:
   blameless, clean, clear, faultless, guileless, guiltless, harmless, immaculate, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, pure, right, righteous, sinless, spotless, stainless, upright, virtuous

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1. innocent

   Synonyms:
   sinless, harmless, innoxious, lawful

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.8 / 6 votes

1. innocent, inexperienced personadjective

   a person who lacks knowledge of evil

   Antonyms:
   finable, guilty, delinquent, fineable, at fault, culpable, punishable, bloodguilty, existent, wicked, indictable, sophisticated, guilt-ridden, conscious, censurable, blameable, blameful, existing, harmful, red-handed, criminal, informed, conscience-smitten, chargeable, blameworthy, blamable

   Synonyms:
   inexperienced person

2. innocent, guiltless, clean-handedadjective

   free from evil or guilt

   "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"

   Antonyms:
   existing, fineable, punishable, culpable, blameworthy, at fault, criminal, indictable, informed, red-handed, wicked, delinquent, conscience-smitten, sophisticated, blamable, censurable, guilt-ridden, chargeable, blameful, harmful, blameable, conscious, guilty, bloodguilty, finable, existent

   Synonyms:
   impeccant, barren, guiltless, devoid, innocent(p), unacquainted(p), clean-handed, ingenuous, free, sinless, destitute, innocuous

3. innocent, innocuousadjective

   lacking intent or capacity to injure

   "an innocent prank"

   Antonyms:
   wicked, existent, culpable, harmful, censurable, chargeable, indictable, bloodguilty, blameful, finable, conscious, at fault, existing, blamable, conscience-smitten, blameworthy, criminal, blameable, delinquent, red-handed, punishable, informed, guilt-ridden, sophisticated, fineable, guilty

   Synonyms:
   impeccant, barren, guiltless, devoid, innocent(p), unacquainted(p), clean-handed, ingenuous, free, sinless, unobjectionable, destitute, innocuous

4. impeccant, innocent, sinlessadjective

   free from sin

   Antonyms:
   wicked, existing, at fault, harmful, guilt-ridden, delinquent, chargeable, conscious, blamable, fineable, existent, finable, criminal, blameful, informed, censurable, sophisticated, conscience-smitten, culpable, punishable, blameworthy, red-handed, bloodguilty, blameable, guilty, indictable

   Synonyms:
   impeccant, barren, guiltless, devoid, innocent(p), unacquainted(p), clean-handed, ingenuous, free, sinless, destitute, innocuous

5. innocent, ingenuousadjective

   lacking in sophistication or worldliness

   "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"

   Antonyms:
   harmful, conscious, finable, existing, guilt-ridden, existent, informed, bloodguilty, blameworthy, censurable, blameful, red-handed, punishable, at fault, blamable, chargeable, guilty, blameable, criminal, indictable, culpable, conscience-smitten, delinquent, wicked, sophisticated, fineable

   Synonyms:
   impeccant, barren, guiltless, devoid, innocent(p), unacquainted(p), clean-handed, artless, ingenuous, free, sinless, destitute, innocuous

6. innocent(p), unacquainted(p)adjective

   not knowledgeable about something specified

   "American tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted with our customs"

   Antonyms:
   chargeable, guilt-ridden, bloodguilty, delinquent, informed, existent, finable, blamable, censurable, blameful, existing, conscience-smitten, culpable, blameworthy, red-handed, indictable, at fault, harmful, criminal, fineable, conscious, punishable, wicked, blameable, sophisticated, guilty

7. barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocentadjective

   completely wanting or lacking

   "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"

   Antonyms:
   chargeable, punishable, fineable, blameworthy, harmful, criminal, existing, blameable, culpable, existent, blameful, bloodguilty, delinquent, guilt-ridden, conscious, blamable, guilty, finable, informed, sophisticated, conscience-smitten, at fault, indictable, censurable, red-handed, wicked

   Synonyms:
   guiltless, gratis(p), ingenuous, innocuous, indigent, needy, impeccant, complimentary, destitute, loose, costless, liberal, free, stark, unacquainted(p), desolate, barren, gratuitous, clean-handed, impoverished, detached, spare, innocent(p), poverty-stricken, sinless, devoid, bleak, bare, necessitous

8. innocentadjective

   (used of things) lacking sense or awareness

   "fine innocent weather"

   Antonyms:
   existing, guilt-ridden, blamable, blameful, culpable, blameworthy, existent, wicked, chargeable, fineable, indictable, bloodguilty, sophisticated, blameable, conscious, punishable, conscience-smitten, guilty, at fault, red-handed, informed, criminal, harmful, finable, censurable, delinquent

   Synonyms:
   impeccant, barren, guiltless, devoid, innocent(p), unacquainted(p), clean-handed, ingenuous, free, sinless, destitute, innocuous

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1. innocentadjective

   Synonyms:
   blameless, guileless, guiltless, impeccable, inoffensive, sinless, artless, inculpable, irreproachable, irreprehensible, inerrable, irresponsible, virtuous, unsophisticated

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1. culprit

   a culprit is someone who is guilty so the opposite would be innocent

   Submitted by rinat on January 4, 2016  

2. self incrimination

   the opposite of guilty is simply, innocent. therefore, the antonym of self incrimination (a.k.a. turning yourself in as guilty) is fully innocent.

   our neighbor jannette, (‘s) issues led to strong self incrimination.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use innocent in a sentence?

1. Harry Ponto:

   Hopefully this case can have a positive impact for our teachers who we believe are innocent.

2. Christopher Dye:

   If we take all the information we have at the moment, the case for a causal link is quite strong, we should now say that Zika is guilty until proven innocent.

3. President Barack Obama:

   The killing of innocent people based on a twisted ideology is an attack not just on France, not just on Turkey, it is an attack on the civilized world, we stand in solidity with (the French people) in hunting down the perpetrators of this crime and bringing them to justice.

4. Roger Stone:

   The Mob takes the Fifth. If Roger Stone're innocent, why are Roger Stone taking the Fifth Amendment ? roger Stone was surprised by the President's Tweet yesterday.

5. Narendrara Modi:

   The incident concerning the killing of two innocent children in Bhavkhedi village in Shivpuri district is very heartbreaking, instructions for strict action against the accused and providing all possible help and protection of the family have been issued.

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