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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word History
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
free from corruption or knowledge of evil.
There is surely nothing more innocent than a newborn child.Their relationship was totally innocent.She's so innocent that she has no idea that they're taking advantage of her.- synonyms:
- immaculate, pure, sinless
- antonyms:
- corrupt, sinful, wily
- similar words:
- chaste, clean, guileless, impeccable, moral, virtuous
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| definition 2: |
undeserving of guilt or blame.
Later evidence showed that they had convicted an innocent man.- synonyms:
- blameless, guiltless, inculpable
- antonyms:
- guilty
- similar words:
- clean-handed, clear, faultless, irreproachable
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| definition 3: |
not guilty as determined by a court of law.
The court found her innocent of the crime.- antonyms:
- criminal, guilty
- similar words:
- blameless, guiltless, inculpable, sinless
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| definition 4: |
without worldly experience.
I was so innocent then that I'd never even been in a bar or smoked a cigarette.- synonyms:
- inexperienced, naive, unsophisticated
- antonyms:
- experienced, worldly
- similar words:
- artless, callow, childlike, green, guileless, ingenuous, open, provincial, unaffected, unpretentious, unworldly, young
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| definition 5: |
harmless.
These are thought to be innocent games, but they can cause both emotional and physical harm.- synonyms:
- harmless, innocuous, inoffensive
- similar words:
- safe, well-meant
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| related words: |
baby, childish, credulous, gullible, naive, pure, saintly, unsophisticated |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
one who is innocent, esp. a young or unsophisticated person.
Quit pretending to be an innocent; you know what's going on.He is such an innocent that I hated having to break the news to him.- synonyms:
- babe, naif
- similar words:
- child, cub, greenhorn, ingénue, lamb, novice, tenderfoot
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| derivation: |
innocently (adv.) |
Innocent comes from a Latin word that means "not capable of doing harm."
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