Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "innocent" can be used as adjective, adjective, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

guilty guilty perverse

Capable Of

sleep through

Defined As

opposite of guilty

Derived Terms

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

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

actor doer worker

Type Of (IsA)

person

Related Terms

innocence innocently innocuous praiseworthy

Related Terms

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

Similar Terms

absolved acquitted blameless clear cleared exculpated exculpated exculpatory exonerated harmless inculpable irreproachable irreproachable naif naive nonexistent not guilty not guilty righteous unconscious unconscious unimpeachable uninformed vindicated virtuous

Synonym Network

destitute impeccant ingenuous innocuous pure sackless unacquainted

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