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Synonyms of innocent in English:

innocent

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adjective

1‘the police realized he was entirely innocent’

SYNONYMS

guiltless, guilt-free, not guilty, blameless, not to blame, in the clear, unimpeachable, irreproachable, above suspicion, beyond criticism, without fault, faultless

honourable, honest, upright, upstanding, law-abiding, incorrupt

informal squeaky clean

ANTONYMS

guilty

2‘the game was nothing but innocent fun’

SYNONYMS

harmless, innocuous, safe, non-injurious, unobjectionable, inoffensive, playful

3‘they pick on nice innocent girls’

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virtuous, pure, sinless, free of sin, moral, decent, righteous, upright, wholesome, demure, modest, chaste, virginal, virgin, impeccable, pristine, spotless, stainless, unblemished, unsullied, incorrupt, uncorrupted, uncontaminated, undefiled

informal squeaky clean, whiter than white, as pure as the driven snow

Christian Church immaculate

ANTONYMS

sinful

4‘she is genuinely innocent of guile’

SYNONYMS

free from, without, lacking, lacking in, empty of, clear of, unacquainted with, ignorant of, unaware of, unfamiliar with, untouched by

rare nescient of

5‘he took advantage of innocent foreigners’

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naive, ingenuous, trusting, trustful, over-trusting, credulous, unsuspicious, unsuspecting, unwary, unguarded, unsceptical, impressionable, gullible, easily deceived, easily taken in, easily led

inexperienced, unworldly, unsophisticated, green, wide-eyed

simple, artless, guileless, childlike, frank, open

informal wet behind the ears, born yesterday, as green as grass

ANTONYMS

worldly

6‘innocent tumours made up of blood vessels’

SYNONYMS

benign, non-cancerous, non-malignant, non-dangerous, harmless, not life-threatening

curable, remediable, treatable

technical benignant

ANTONYMS

malignant