Innocent

//ˈɪnəsənt//

Synonyms for "innocent" (346 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (70)

Strong matches (103)

dove dovelike dullard dumb dupe easy mark easy pickings empty empty headed empty-headed exculpated exemplary fall guy faultless fish fool frank gauche gobe-mouches green

Show 66 more words

Adjective(11 words)

dovelike fleeceable green guileless immature ingenuous innocent as the babe unborn innocent as the child unborn irreprehensible jejune nonblameworthy

Adjective(5 words)

free guiltless impeccant ingenuous innocuous

Noun(1 words)

inexperienced person

Related words (173)

nonvirulent novice oaf offenseless offspring open openhearted outspoken pastoral patsy peewee pigeon plain plaything prelapsarian pristine prize sap provincial pure in heart purehearted

Show 120 more words

pushover raw reliant relying reproachless respectable righteous ripening rube sackless safe sans reproche sap saphead sappy savory schlemiel sexually innocent shaver simple simple soul simplehearted simpleminded sincere single minded single-hearted single-minded sinless sitting duck snowy spotless square stainless stooge strange to sucker tad taintless tender tentative tot toy trustful trusting trusting soul trusty unacquainted with unadult unaffected unapprized unartificial unblamable unblemished unblotted uncomprehending unconscious 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 untarnished untouched by evil unversed unwary unworldly vacuous vernal victim virginal virtuous voiceless void wee tot well-intentioned white with clean hands without reproach without suspicion yokel young

Adjective(30 words)

Show 10 more words

unpretentious unsophisticated untainted untested unwitting unworldly verdant virgin wet behind the ears wide-eyed

Adjective(2 words)

sinless unacquainted

Noun(1 words)

sweet summer child

Related word relations

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

10 relation types

More general

3 entries

actor doer worker

Antonyms

3 entries

guilty perverse

Synonyms

7 entries

destitute impeccant ingenuous innocuous pure sackless unacquainted

Related terms

4 entries

innocence innocently innocuous praiseworthy

capable of

1 entries

sleep through

defined as

1 entries

opposite of guilty

derived

11 entries

innocent agent innocent as a lamb innocent as a newborn babe innocent as the babe unborn innocent as the child unborn innocent bystander innocent passage innocentness noninnocent pseudoinnocent uninnocent

is a

1 entries

person

related to

16 entries

artless child exculpatory guilt harmless idiot immorality innocence innocently innocuous naive responsibility righteous sin wrongful young

similar

25 entries

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

Showing 16 of 25 words.

Translations

173 translations across 63 languages.

Amharic

1 entries

ንጹሐን adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἀβλαβής adj (harmless in intent)
ἀθῷος adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Arabic

4 entries

بَرِيء adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
بَرِيء adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
بَرِيء adj (naive, artless)
بَرِيئَة adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Armenian

3 entries

անմեղ adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
անմեղ adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
անմեղ adj (naive, artless)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

günahsız adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
günahsız adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
məsum adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
məsum adj (naive, artless)

Basque

1 entries

errugabe adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Belarusian

4 entries

бязві́нны adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
невінава́ты adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
няві́нны adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
няві́нны adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Bengali

2 entries

নির্দোষ adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
মাসুম adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Bulgarian

4 entries

безвреден adj (harmless in intent)
доброкачествен adj (harmless in intent)
наивен adj (naive, artless)
неви́нен adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Catalan

4 entries

innocent adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
innocent adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
innocent adj (naive, artless)
innocent adj (harmless in intent)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

天真 adj (naive, artless)
無猜 /无猜 adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
無罪 /无罪 adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
無辜 /无辜 adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Czech

2 entries

nevinný adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
nevinný adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Danish

1 entries

uskyldig adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Dutch

3 entries

onnozel adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
onschuldig adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
onschuldig adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Esperanto

2 entries

senkulpa adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
senpeka adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Finnish

4 entries

harmiton adj (naive, artless)
harmiton adj (harmless in intent)
naiivi adj (naive, artless)
syytön adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

French

2 entries

innocent adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
innocent adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Galician

4 entries

inocente adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
inocente adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
inocente adj (naive, artless)
inocente adj (harmless in intent)

German

2 entries

rein adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
unschuldig adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐍃 adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Greek

3 entries

αθώος adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
αθώος adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
αθώος adj (naive, artless)

Hebrew

4 entries

חף מפשע adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
חף מפשע adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
לא אשם adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
תָּמִים adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Hindi

3 entries

निर्दोष adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
निर्दोष adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
मासूम adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Hungarian

3 entries

ártatlan adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
ártatlan adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
ártatlan adj (naive, artless)

Icelandic

2 entries

saklaus adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
ámælislaus adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Irish

2 entries

neamhchiontach adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
soineanta adj (naive, artless)

Italian

1 entries

innocente adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Japanese

4 entries

お人好しな adj (naive, artless)
無罪な adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
無邪気な adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
無邪気な adj (naive, artless)

Korean

2 entries

무죄인 adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
순진하다 adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

айыпсыз adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
кылмышсыз adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
күнөөсүз adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Latin

2 entries

innocēns adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
innocēns adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Latvian

3 entries

nevainīgs adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
nevainīgs adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
nevainīgs adj (harmless in intent)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

onschëlleg adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Macedonian

2 entries

невин adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
невин adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Marathi

1 entries

निर्दोष adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Mongolian

3 entries

ариун adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
гэм буруугүй adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
гэмгүй adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Māori

1 entries

harakore adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Norwegian

1 entries

uskyldig adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

uskuldig adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
uskyldig adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Old English

4 entries

saclēas adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
unsċaþful adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
unsċyldiġ adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
unsċyldiġ adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Old Norse

1 entries

saklauss adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

زیانسز adj (harmless in intent)
صوچسز adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
صوچسز adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
ضررسز adj (harmless in intent)

Persian

2 entries

بیگناه adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
بیگناه adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Polish

4 entries

naiwny adj (naive, artless)
niewinny adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
niewinny adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
niewinny adj (naive, artless)

Portuguese

4 entries

inocente adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
inocente adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
inocente adj (naive, artless)
inocente adj (harmless in intent)

Romanian

2 entries

inocent adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
nevinovat adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Russian

4 entries

безви́нный adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
безви́нный adj (naive, artless)
неви́нный adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
неви́нный adj (naive, artless)

Sanskrit

1 entries

निर्दोष adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

nedužan adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
nevin adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
nevin adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
невин adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Slovak

2 entries

nevinný adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
nevinný adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Slovene

2 entries

nedolžen adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
nedolžen adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Spanish

2 entries

inocente adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
inocente adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Swedish

1 entries

oskyldig adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Tagalog

1 entries

walang-sala adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Telugu

1 entries

నిర్దోషి adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Thai

1 entries

บริสุทธิ์ adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Turkish

3 entries

masum adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
suçsuz adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
suçsuz adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Ukrainian

4 entries

безви́нний adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
неви́нний adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
неви́нний adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
невинува́тий adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Urdu

2 entries

معصوم adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
نردوش adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)

Vietnamese

2 entries

trong sạch adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
vô tội adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

Walloon

4 entries

enocin adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
enocin adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)
enocin adj (naive, artless)
enocin adj (harmless in intent)

Welsh

2 entries

diniwed adj (pure, free from sin, untainted)
diniwed adj (harmless in intent)

Yiddish

1 entries

אומשולדיק adj (not legally responsible for a wrongful act)

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)

Showing 4 of 26 available sentences.

More for "innocent"

Meaning Antonyms Sentences Word Type

Keep exploring

Compare antonyms Use in sentences Read the blog

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.