Synonyms for sin
- noun
- verb
Most common
wickedness sinfulness iniquity evil transgression misdeed fault haram
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Wickedness — sinfulness, depravity, iniquity
wickedness, sinfulness, iniquity, evil, depravity, impurity, perversion, vice, degeneracy, turpitude, baseness, enormity, viciousness, obliquity, peccability rare
2. Transgression — A misdeed or wrong
transgression, misdeed, crime, wrong, guilt, error, offense US, offence UK, delinquency, criminality, malfeasance, villainy, misdemeanor US, misdemeanour UK, tort, peccadillo, misdoing rare, peccancy rare, malefaction rare
3. Fault — A flaw or mistake
Verb
1. Blunder
2. Transgress
transgress, offend, trespass dated
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A violation of divine will or religious law.
As a Christian, I think this is a sin against God.
- n. 2
Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
- n. 3
A misdeed or wrong.
- v. 1
To commit a sin.
Related words
- Phrases
- live in sin sin bin deadly sin original sin ugly as sin cardinal sin sin tax chili sin carne
- Other spellings
- sinh
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Sin is any lack of holiness, any defect of moral purity and truth, whether in heart or life, whether of commission or omission. Sin may be either act or state; transgression is always an act, mental or physical.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- evil Grr! Avoid not, unwelcome evil and cowardly beast!
- wickedness The desire of wickedness came up in your heart.
- iniquity In Tammy's mind, every party was a den of iniquity.
- sinfulness An old enough sin loses its sinfulness.
- transgression Plagiarism is a serious transgression of academic ethics.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sin | rising | |
| evil | rising | |
| wickedness | rising | |
| iniquity | rising | |
| sinfulness | rising | |
| transgression | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- err1
- 4 letters
- evil2, vice1, debt1, flaw1, boob1, tort1, sine1, blot1, goof1, ithm
- 5 letters
- wrong1, crime1, fault1, error2, guilt1, haram
- 6 letters
- offend2
- 7 letters
- offense2, offence, blunder2, purging2, misdeed2, adharma
- 8 letters
- trespass2, iniquity4, impurity4, enormity4, villainy, baseness, misdoing, peccancy
- 9 letters
- depravity4, turpitude3, obliquity
- 10 letters
- deficiency4, wickedness3, perversion3, degeneracy5, transgress2, sinfulness, peccadillo
- 11 letters
- misdemeanor4, criminality5, delinquency4, malfeasance3, shortcoming3, viciousness3, peccability, malefaction
- 12 letters
- imperfection4, misdemeanour
- 13 letters
- transgression3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).