Synonyms for culprit
ˈkʌl prɪtcul·prit

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1. culprit

   Synonyms:
   offender, criminal, delinquent, malefactor

   Antonyms:
   example, pattern, model, hero, saint

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1. perpetrator, culpritnoun

   someone who perpetrates wrongdoing

   Synonyms:
   perpetrator

Matched Categories

1. • Wrongdoer

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1. culpritnoun

   Synonyms:
   criminal, malefactor, delinquent, felon

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1. culpritnoun

   Synonyms:
   offender, malefactor, delinquent, criminal sinner

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1. List of paraphrases for "culprit":

   guilty, guilt

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How to use culprit in a sentence?

1. Maggie Moon:

   Holly Phillips said. It's not clear why this happens ; studies suggest that in response to the stress of not getting quality snooze time, there's a reduction in activity in the hypothalamus, the control panel of the brain where body temperature is regulated. A study from the European Journal of Applied Physiology appears to back this up : researchers documented a drop in body temperature in 20 sleep-deprived young adults. Metabolism may be a culprit here as well. When you're fatigued from a restless night, your metabolism works at a more sluggish pace, Holly Phillips said, producing less heat and slower circulation. You're dehydrated Up to 60 percent of the adult human body is water, and water helps regulate body temperature.

2. Jim Pasco:

   I'd say it's unfortunate that rather than keeping their sleeves rolled up and continuing to try to find consensus, that some elected officials have seen fit to try to find a convenient culprit for the predicament they find themselves in.

3. Claude Lévi-Strauss:

   Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation.

4. Donald Trump:

   Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked. There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed !

5. Asha Singh:

   If they understood my daughters pain, if they understood my pain, the culprit would not be free.