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Synonyms for nocent

  • adjective

Most common

to blame guilty culpable harmful injurious

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. To blame — guilty; not innocent

to blame, guilty, culpable

2. Harmful — causing injury; harmful

harmful, injurious, nocuous

Antonyms

innocent, pure, innocuous

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Causing injury; harmful.

  2. adj. 2

    guilty; not innocent

Related words

Word family
nocently

Example sentences

  • guilty If it is true, it follows that Nakagawa is guilty.
  • culpable Tom was arrested and charged with culpable driving.
  • harmful There's no denying the harmful effects of smoking.
  • injurious The argument that smoking is injurious has become accepted.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
nocentfalling
guiltysteady
culpablerising
harmfulsteady
injuriousfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
guilty2
7 letters
harmful2, nocuous
8 letters
culpable3
9 letters
injurious4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (guilty2 = 2 syllables).