Synonyms for culpable
ˈkʌl pə bəlcul·pa·ble

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. culpable

   Every criminal act is illegal or unlawful, but illegal or unlawful acts may not be criminal. Offenses against public law are criminal; offenses against private rights are merely illegal or unlawful. As a general rule, all acts punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, are criminal in view of the law. It is illegal for a man to trespass on another's land, but it is not criminal; the trespasser is liable to a civil suit for damages, but not to indictment, fine, or imprisonment. A felonious act is a criminal act of an aggravated kind, which is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary or by death. A flagitious crime is one that brings public odium. Vicious refers to the indulgence of evil appetites, habits, or passions; vicious acts are not necessarily criminal, or even illegal; we speak of a vicious horse. That which is iniquitous, i. e., contrary to equity, may sometimes be done under the forms of law. Ingratitude is sinful, hypocrisy is wicked, but neither is punishable by human law; hence, neither is criminal or illegal. Compare SIN.

   Synonyms:
   abominable, criminal, felonious, flagitious, guilty, illegal, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, unlawful, vicious, vile, wicked, wrong

   Antonyms:
   innocent, just, lawful, legal, meritorious, moral, right, virtuous

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. culpable

   Synonyms:
   blamable, blameworthy, censurable, guilty

   Antonyms:
   blameless, innocent, excusable, laudable, praisworthy

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpableadjective

   deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious

   "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence"

   Synonyms:
   blamable, censurable, blameful, blameable, blameworthy

   Antonyms:
   innocent, guiltless, clean-handed

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. culpableadjective

   Synonyms:
   blamable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty, blameworthy

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "culpable":

   guilty

How to pronounce culpable?

How to say culpable in sign language?

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1579","2"],["1581","5"],["1582","1"],["1584","1"],["1587","8"],["1588","1"],["1598","2"],["1607","1"],["1625","1"],["1630","1"],["1644","4"],["1648","3"],["1651","1"],["1652","2"],["1653","1"],["1658","2"],["1667","2"],["1668","13"],["1670","1"],["1672","4"],["1673","3"],["1675","1"],["1676","13"],["1677","4"],["1678","22"],["1679","10"],["1680","4"],["1681","9"],["1682","4"],["1683","21"],["1684","1"],["1685","3"],["1686","2"],["1687","7"],["1688","7"],["1689","3"],["1690","2"],["1692","1"],["1694","4"],["1695","1"],["1696","3"],["1698","5"],["1699","4"],["1700","2"],["1701","9"],["1702","19"],["1703","15"],["1704","17"],["1705","2"],["1706","9"],["1707","15"],["1708","30"],["1709","7"],["1710","15"],["1711","8"],["1712","5"],["1713","9"],["1714","6"],["1715","21"],["1716","42"],["1717","14"],["1718","14"],["1719","27"],["1720","73"],["1721","38"],["1722","19"],["1723","31"],["1724","38"],["1725","19"],["1726","25"],["1727","22"],["1728","20"],["1729","43"],["1730","19"],["1731","57"],["1732","17"],["1733","10"],["1734","19"],["1735","16"],["1736","58"],["1737","48"],["1738","21"],["1739","32"],["1740","44"],["1741","27"],["1742","81"],["1743","32"],["1744","31"],["1745","14"],["1746","27"],["1747","32"],["1748","36"],["1749","26"],["1750","58"],["1751","48"],["1752","61"],["1753","108"],["1754","27"],["1755","130"],["1756","41"],["1757","41"],["1758","30"],["1759","46"],["1760","51"],["1761","83"],["1762","33"],["1763","86"],["1764","58"],["1765","39"],["1766","119"],["1767","75"],["1768","93"],["1769","85"],["1770","120"],["1771","101"],["1772","64"],["1773","71"],["1774","103"],["1775","83"],["1776","98"],["1777","69"],["1778","100"],["1779","93"],["1780","53"],["1781","126"],["1782","58"],["1783","98"],["1784","77"],["1785","110"],["1786","119"],["1787","219"],["1788","183"],["1789","114"],["1790","148"],["1791","284"],["1792","252"],["1793","158"],["1794","224"],["1795","228"],["1796","384"],["1797","207"],["1798","172"],["1799","281"],["1800","283"],["1801","426"],["1802","400"],["1803","462"],["1804","461"],["1805","491"],["1806","706"],["1807","687"],["1808","528"],["1809","491"],["1810","641"],["1811","713"],["1812","756"],["1813","679"],["1814","646"],["1815","675"],["1816","720"],["1817","836"],["1818","810"],["1819","644"],["1820","968"],["1821","643"],["1822","1004"],["1823","1132"],["1824","1104"],["1825","1530"],["1826","902"],["1827","1058"],["1828","1040"],["1829","891"],["1830","1538"],["1831","965"],["1832","1225"],["1833","1100"],["1834","938"],["1835","1292"],["1836","1304"],["1837","1157"],["1838","1070"],["1839","1652"],["1840","1287"],["1841","1312"],["1842","1200"],["1843","1674"],["1844","1452"],["1845","1513"],["1846","1502"],["1847","1578"],["1848","1447"],["1849","1485"],["1850","1542"],["1851","1689"],["1852","1563"],["1853","1911"],["1854","2010"],["1855","1604"],["1856","1846"],["1857","1566"],["1858","1442"],["1859","1573"],["1860","1472"],["1861","1272"],["1862","968"],["1863","1034"],["1864","1113"],["1865","1142"],["1866","1504"],["1867","1148"],["1868","1093"],["1869","1386"],["1870","1272"],["1871","1231"],["1872","1450"],["1873","1499"],["1874","1533"],["1875","1557"],["1876","1379"],["1877","1302"],["1878","1323"],["1879","1292"],["1880","1597"],["1881","1557"],["1882","1525"],["1883","2044"],["1884","1926"],["1885","1794"],["1886","1535"],["1887","1808"],["1888","1475"],["1889","1505"],["1890","1367"],["1891","1499"],["1892","1369"],["1893","1525"],["1894","1641"],["1895","1634"],["1896","3528"],["1897","1654"],["1898","2532"],["1899","2131"],["1900","2454"],["1901","2989"],["1902","2088"],["1903","2759"],["1904","2323"],["1905","1845"],["1906","1766"],["1907","2048"],["1908","1807"],["1909","1575"],["1910","1873"],["1911","1507"],["1912","1543"],["1913","1536"],["1914","1402"],["1915","1390"],["1916","1019"],["1917","1297"],["1918","1073"],["1919","1074"],["1920","1376"],["1921","1213"],["1922","1195"],["1923","1049"],["1924","1083"],["1925","995"],["1926","1057"],["1927","1344"],["1928","1096"],["1929","909"],["1930","1076"],["1931","961"],["1932","752"],["1933","792"],["1934","885"],["1935","1041"],["1936","981"],["1937","836"],["1938","917"],["1939","938"],["1940","775"],["1941","844"],["1942","545"],["1943","561"],["1944","520"],["1945","589"],["1946","797"],["1947","939"],["1948","1069"],["1949","1227"],["1950","1163"],["1951","1190"],["1952","1273"],["1953","1104"],["1954","1028"],["1955","1299"],["1956","1301"],["1957","1493"],["1958","1643"],["1959","1570"],["1960","1810"],["1961","2040"],["1962","2269"],["1963","2110"],["1964","2118"],["1965","3000"],["1966","2871"],["1967","3256"],["1968","3265"],["1969","3533"],["1970","3679"],["1971","3252"],["1972","2900"],["1973","3106"],["1974","2699"],["1975","2904"],["1976","2794"],["1977","3183"],["1978","3361"],["1979","3525"],["1980","2963"],["1981","2983"],["1982","3342"],["1983","3528"],["1984","3809"],["1985","3870"],["1986","4668"],["1987","4814"],["1988","5074"],["1989","5150"],["1990","5257"],["1991","5727"],["1992","5893"],["1993","5766"],["1994","6487"],["1995","7155"],["1996","7791"],["1997","7566"],["1998","8370"],["1999","9209"],["2000","10848"],["2001","10518"],["2002","10467"],["2003","12014"],["2004","13713"],["2005","12952"],["2006","14260"],["2007","15477"],["2008","23048"]]

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use culpable in a sentence?

1. Ayanna Pressley:

   If we really believe that this is a moment of reckoning in every way then we must act accordingly, and that means that Donald J. Trump must be held accountable because he is culpable for having incited this insurrection by perpetuating this' big lie,' this House has twice done This House job. He will forever be the twice-impeached President by this Democratic majority-led This House.

2. Dan Kaiser:

   She is absolutely culpable for the injuries that these girls sustained.

3. Kim Foxx:

   I think this office, based on (the) charging decisions, believed that he is culpable of doing that.

4. Christopher Callahan:

   Before our work we had a pretty good idea of the economic effect of global warming. The problem is, that is not sufficient to provide an understanding of how culpable individual actors are.

5. Elliot Peters:

   In the rush to vilify Lance, many of the other equally culpable participants have been allowed to escape scrutiny, much less sanction, and many of the anti-doping 'enforcers' have chosen to grandstand at Lance's expense rather than truly search for the truth.