Synonyms for innocence
Most common
purity naivety pureness whiteness simplicity naturalness harmlessness idiocy
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Purity — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
purity, naivety, pureness, whiteness, cleanness, guiltlessness, sinlessness, guilelessness, unworldliness
2. Simplicity
3. Harmlessness — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
Other
blamelessness, innocuousness, inoffensiveness, stainlessness, unguilt, innocency dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.
In his innocence, he offered the stranger to bring the package to Paris, never suspecting it contained drugs.
- n. 2
Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.
Tests have demonstrated the innocence of this substance.
- n. 3
Imbecility; mental deficiency.
- n. 4
Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.
Her attorney managed to convince the jury of her innocence.
Related words
- Word family
- innocent innocency innocently
- Phrases
- lesser baby innocence
- Is a kind of
- state
Forms
- Plural
- innocences → purities, naiveties, purenesses, whitenesses…
Example sentences
- purity I am just a wanderer, seeking purity of the soul.
- whiteness The whiteness of the lily is a symbol of purity.
- naivety I'm getting tired of your ignorant naivety.
- pureness Pureness is next to divinity.
- simplicity He enjoys the pared-down simplicity of minimalism.
- naturalness The secret of her beauty is her naturalness.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| innocence | rising | |
| purity | steady | |
| whiteness | rising | |
| naivety | rising | |
| pureness | rising | |
| simplicity | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- purity3, idiocy4
- 7 letters
- naivety, unguilt
- 8 letters
- pureness, moronity
- 9 letters
- whiteness2, cleanness2, innocency, innocuity
- 10 letters
- simplicity4
- 11 letters
- naturalness, sinlessness, artlessness
- 12 letters
- harmlessness
- 13 letters
- ingenuousness, guilelessness, blamelessness, guiltlessness, unworldliness, innocuousness, stainlessness
- 15 letters
- inoffensiveness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (purity3 = 3 syllables).