Synonyms for wrongdoer
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Noun
1. Offender
offender, transgressor, sinner, culprit, bad actor, delinquent, malefactor
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Definitions
- n. 1
Someone who does wrong, whether morally, ethically, or in contravention of a law.
Get and keep wrongdoers out of your thorp (village).
Forms
- Plural
- wrongdoers → offenders, transgressors, sinners, culprits…
Example sentences
- offender Sami's picture popped up on a sex offender website.
- culprit They arrested the culprit around six months later.
- sinner Algeria shouldn't become an "environmental sinner".
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| wrongdoer | steady | |
| offender | rising | |
| culprit | rising | |
| sinner | rising | |
| transgressor | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- sinner2
- 7 letters
- culprit2
- 8 letters
- offender3
- 9 letters
- misdeeder
- 10 letters
- delinquent3, malefactor4
- 12 letters
- transgressor3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sinner2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- malfaiteur
- Italiano
- malfattore
- Deutsch
- Missetäter