Synonyms 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.

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   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

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1. innocent, inexperienced personadjective

   a person who lacks knowledge of evil

   Synonyms:
   inexperienced person

   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

2. innocent, guiltless, clean-handedadjective

   free from evil or guilt

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

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

   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

3. innocent, innocuousadjective

   lacking intent or capacity to injure

   "an innocent prank"

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

   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

4. impeccant, innocent, sinlessadjective

   free from sin

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

   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

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"

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

   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

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"

   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

   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

8. innocentadjective

   (used of things) lacking sense or awareness

   "fine innocent weather"

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

   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

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. innocentadjective

   Synonyms:
   harmless, inoffensive, innocuous, innoxious

2. innocentadjective

   Synonyms:
   guiltless, sinless, faultless, blameless, immaculate, spotless, pure, clean, clear, guileless, upright

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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. List of paraphrases for "innocent":

   innocents, blameless, harmless, lnnocent, innocente

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1. List of known nicknames for "Innocent":

   Innocent Thekkethala, Innocent Vareed Thekkethala, Innocent Vincent

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1. Tony Hernandez:

   When he speaks of that million that he received for the campaign, the prosecutor presented no proof, no documents, no evidence, what we are seeing is that the prosecution, in its desperate mood and with no conclusive evidence, is trying to drag a political character onto the humble innocent who is Juan Antonio Hernandez.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   I have clearly said we have terrorist enemies who use Islam to justify slaughtering innocent people.

3. Mike Freeman:

   We support peaceful demonstration, violence hampers our case, it takes valuable police resources away from our investigation, and it also harms innocent people.

4. 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.

5. Scott Wallace:

   This decision increases greatly the chances of a false accusation not being discovered and increases the risk of an innocent person being convicted and sent to prison.