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English adjective: innocent | |||
| 1. | innocent free from evil or guilt | ||
| Samples | An innocent child. The principle that one is innocent until proved guilty. | ||
| Synonyms | clean-handed, guiltless | ||
| Similar | absolved, acquitted, blameless, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, inculpable, irreproachable, not guilty, unimpeachable, vindicated | ||
| See also | exculpatory, righteous | ||
| Antonyms | guilty | ||
| 2. | innocent lacking intent or capacity to injure | ||
| Samples | An innocent prank. | ||
| Synonyms | innocuous | ||
| Similar | harmless | ||
| Antonyms | harmful | ||
| 3. | innocent free from sin | ||
| Synonyms | impeccant, sinless | ||
| Similar | virtuous | ||
| Antonyms | wicked | ||
| 4. | innocent lacking in sophistication or worldliness | ||
| Samples | A child's innocent stare. His ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it. | ||
| Synonyms | ingenuous | ||
| Similar | naif, naive | ||
| Antonyms | sophisticated | ||
| 5. | innocent not knowledgeable about something specified | ||
| Samples | American tourists wholly innocent of French. A person unacquainted with our customs. | ||
| Synonyms | unacquainted | ||
| Similar | uninformed | ||
| Antonyms | informed | ||
| 6. | innocent completely wanting or lacking | ||
| Samples | Writing barren of insight. Young recruits destitute of experience. Innocent of literary merit. The sentence was devoid of meaning. | ||
| Synonyms | barren, destitute, devoid, free | ||
| Similar | nonexistent | ||
| Antonyms | existent, existing | ||
| 7. | innocent (used of things) lacking sense or awareness | ||
| Samples | Fine innocent weather. | ||
| Similar | unconscious | ||
| Domain usage | archaicism, archaism | ||
| Antonyms | conscious | ||
English noun: innocent | |||
| 1. | innocent (person) a person who lacks knowledge of evil | ||
| Synonyms | inexperienced person | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | boy scout, dear, lamb, naif, virgin | ||
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