Synonyms for innocent
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Guiltless — free from guilt, sin, or immorality
guiltless, blameless, not guilty, virtuous, clear, pure, pyore US, righteous, chaste, irreproachable, clean, white, untainted, unblemished, unimpeachable, faultless, spotless, immaculate, impeccable, stainless, inculpable rare, offenseless rare US, offenceless UK, unblamable rare
2. Naive — naive; artless
naive, simple, guileless, child-like, ingenuous, unsophisticated, young, ignorant, immature, unworldly, virgin, uninformed, callow, credulous, unaffected, candid, green, naif
Other
harmless, innocuous, inoffensive, clean-handed UK, unacquainted, dove-like, unoffending rare, innoxious dated
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
I'm sure there's an innocent explanation for all this.
- adj. 2
Naive; artless.
- adj. 3
Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
- n. 1
One who is innocent, especially a young child.
The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.
Related words
- Word family
- innocence innocently innocuous
- Phrases
- innocent passage
Forms
- Plural
- innocents → cherubs…
Choose the right word
Innocent, in the full sense, signifies not tainted with sin; not having done wrong or violated legal or moral precept or duty; as, an innocent babe. Innocent is a negative word, expressing less than righteous, upright, or virtuous, which imply knowledge of good and evil, with free choice of the good.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- virtuous A virtuous person doesn't lie, cheat, or steal.
- blameless He is blameless in this situation.
- naive Tom isn't as naive as a lot of people think he is.
By length
- 4 letters
- free1, pure1, naif
- 5 letters
- white1, young1, clear1, green1, clean1, naive2, pyore
- 6 letters
- simple2, virgin2, candid2, devoid2, barren2, chaste1, cherub2, callow2
- 7 letters
- sinless
- 8 letters
- ignorant3, harmless2, immature3, virtuous3, spotless2
- 9 letters
- righteous2, stainless2, destitute3, innocuous4, blameless2, faultless, untainted3, credulous3, guiltless2, guileless2, ingenuous4, unworldly, impeccant, innoxious
- 10 letters
- immaculate4, unaffected4, impeccable4, uninformed3, inculpable, unblamable
- 11 letters
- inoffensive4, unblemished3, offenseless, offenceless, unoffending
- 12 letters
- unacquainted
- 13 letters
- unimpeachable5
- 14 letters
- irreproachable
- 15 letters
- unsophisticated6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (naive2 = 2 syllables).