Innocent

/ˈɪnəsənt/

Synonyms for "innocent" (331 found)

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Closest matches (67)

above suspicionangel angelic artless awkward babe bairn beginner benign blameless blankminded blotless bluff blunt boobborn yesterdaybudding callow candid chaste

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cherub childchild of naturechildlike chit chump cinch clean cleanly clear confiding credulouscredulous personcull darling dependent depending destitute dewy direct dove dovelike dumb dupeeasy markeasy pickingsemptyempty headedempty-headed

Adjective(6 words)

barren blanca cherubic clean-handed destitute devoid

Adjective(7 words)

blameless cleanclean as a hound's toothclean as a whistleclean-handed clear dovelike

Noun(5 words)

blamelessblameless personblamelessnessclear the billcredulous

Strong matches (99)

exemplaryfall guyfaultless fish fool frank gauche gobe-mouches green greener greenhorn greeny groping growing gudgeon guileless guiltless gull gullible harmless

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hick honest ignorant immaculate immature impubicin the clearinane incorrupt inculpable inexperienced infant ingenu ingenue ingenuous innocuous inoffensive intact irreproachable juicy kid kittenknow nothingknow-nothing lamb lambkin lamblikeleadpipe cinchlegal legitimate licitlittle buggerlittle fellowlittle guylittle innocentlittle onelittle tadlittle totloutmere childminor mite monkey mug naif naive natural nescient new-fledgednewborn babenewcomer nippernoble savage

Adjective(9 words)

free guiltless impeccant ingenuous innocuous maidenlikenaive acceptancenaive estimatenaivest

Adjective(5 words)

guiltlessinnocent as the babe unborninnocent as the child unbornirreprehensible nonblameworthy

Noun(12 words)

guiltlessguiltless personharmlessinexperienced personingenuous personingénueingénuesinoffensivelegally innocentmore childlikenaivenaive person

Related words (165)

nonmalignant nonpoisonous nontoxic nonvirulentnot guiltynovice oaf offenseless offspring open openhearted outspoken pastoral patsy peewee pigeon plain plaything prelapsarian pristine

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prize sapprovincial purepure in heartpurehearted pushover raw reliant relying reproachless respectable righteous ripening rube safesans reprochesap saphead sappy savory schlemielsexually innocentshaver simplesimple soulsimplehearted simpleminded sinceresingle mindedsingle-hearted single-minded sinlesssitting ducksnowy spotless square stainless stoogestrange tosucker tad taintless tender tentative tot toy trustful trustingtrusting soultrusty unacquaintedunacquainted withunadult unaffected unapprized unartificial unblamable unblemished unblotted uncomprehending unconversant uncorrupt uncorrupted undamaging undefiled underage undeveloped unenlightened unfallen unfamiliar unfledged unformed unguarded unhurtful unilluminated unimpeachable uninformed uninitiated uninjurious unintelligent unknowing unlapsed unlicked unmellowed unobjectionable unobnoxious unoffending unpolluted unposted unreserved unripe unschooled unseasoned unsoiled unsophisticate unsophisticated unspotted unstained unstudied unsullied unsure unsuspecting unsuspicious untainted untarnisheduntouched by evilunversed unwary unworldly vacuous vernal victim virgin virginal virtuous voiceless voidwee totwell-intentioned whitewith clean handswithout reproachwithout suspicionyokel young

Adjective(10 words)

not guiltyoffenseless pure righteous sackless sinless unblameable unblameworthy uncalculating unguilty

Noun(3 words)

pure purity sinless

Adjective(7 words)

pure solutionpure solventsinless unacquainteduncharged stateunspoiled unwitting

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

12 entries

actor being doer harmlessnesshuman beinginexperiencemoral statusperson purity quality state worker

More specific

13 entries

acquitted benign bystander child credulous exonerated gulliblegullible personinnocuousmoral integritymoral purityspotless unblemished

Collocations

11 entries

innocent bystanderinnocent lifeinnocent lookinnocent partyinnocent questioninnocent smilelegal innocencemoral innocencemorally innocentpresumed innocencestate of innocence

Inflections

3 entries

innocentsmore innocentmost innocent

Derivations

3 entries

innocence innocently innocuity

Antonyms

1 entries

guilty

similar

21 entries

absolved acquitted blameless clear cleared exculpated exculpatory exonerated harmless inculpable irreproachable naif naive nonexistentnot guiltyrighteous

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Translations

15 translations across 12 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἀβλαβής adj (harmless in intent)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

məsum adj (harmless in intent)

Bulgarian

2 entries

безвреден adj (harmless in intent)
доброкачествен adj (harmless in intent)

Catalan

1 entries

innocent adj (harmless in intent)

Finnish

2 entries

harmiton adj (harmless in intent)
viaton adj (harmless in intent)

Galician

1 entries

inocente adj (harmless in intent)

Latvian

1 entries

nevainīgs adj (harmless in intent)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

زیانسز adj (harmless in intent)
ضررسز adj (harmless in intent)

Portuguese

1 entries

inocente adj (harmless in intent)

Russian

1 entries

неви́нный adj (harmless in intent)

Walloon

1 entries

enocin adj (harmless in intent)

Welsh

1 entries

diniwed adj (harmless in intent)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The news article painted the defendant as a guilty man, even though he had been proven innocent.

Source: tatoeba (2019)

Masaru claims that he is innocent.

Source: tatoeba (32826)

The man said he was innocent of the crime.

Source: tatoeba (45321)

The evidence proved him to be innocent.

Source: tatoeba (46259)

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