Synonyms for guilty
- adjective
Most common
criminal to blame culpable blameworthy ashamed shamed punishable indictable
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Culpable — responsible for a dishonest act
culpable, criminal, blameworthy, to blame, reprehensible, sinful, blamable rare US, blameable UK, blameful rare, peccant dated, nocent dated
2. Ashamed
Other
indictable, punishable, delinquent, censurable rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Responsible for a dishonest act.
He was guilty of cheating at cards.
- adj. 2
Judged to have committed a crime.
The guilty man was led away.
Related words
- Word family
- guiltily guiltiness
- Phrases
- not guilty guilty conscience
- Is a kind of
- accountable amenable responsible exceptionable illaudable
Example sentences
- criminal Fadil was engaged in a lot of criminal activities.
- culpable Tom was arrested and charged with culpable driving.
- ashamed He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
- shamed I've shamed my good name and ruined myself.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| guilty | steady | |
| criminal | steady | |
| culpable | rising | |
| blameworthy | rising | |
| ashamed | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- sinful2, shamed1, nocent
- 7 letters
- ashamed2, hangdog, peccant
- 8 letters
- criminal3, culpable3, blamable, blameful
- 9 letters
- blameable
- 10 letters
- punishable4, delinquent3, indictable, shamefaced, censurable
- 11 letters
- blameworthy
- 13 letters
- reprehensible5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sinful2 = 2 syllables).