innocent

Meaning of innocent

noun
  1. One who is innocent, especially a young child.
    The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.
  2. A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot.
adjective
  1. Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
  2. Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
  3. Naive; artless.
  4. (obsolete except medicine) Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.
  5. (with of) Having no knowledge (of something).
  6. (with of) Lacking (something).
  7. Lawful; permitted.
    an innocent trade
  8. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
    innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation

Information about innocent

Hyphenation of innocent

in-no-cent

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • innocent is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

innocent synonyms

Meaning guiltless:

guiltless

Meaning innocuous:

innocuous

Meaning impeccant:

impeccant, sinless

Meaning ingenuous:

ingenuous

Meaning unacquainted:

unacquainted

Meaning barren:

barren, destitute, devoid

Meaning :

sackless, pure, untainted

innocent antonyms

Meaning :

guilty, nocent, perverse

Translation of innocent

Words that rhyme with innocent

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