Antonyms for accomplice
əˈkɒm plɪsac·com·plice

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1. accomplicenoun

   Synonyms:
   accessory, assistant, coadjutor, associate, abettor, confederate, ally, promoter

2. accomplicenoun

   A cooperator.

   Synonyms:
   coadjutor, promoter, ally, accessory, associate, abettor, assistant, confederate

3. accomplicenoun

   An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

   Synonyms:
   accessory, ally, assistant, abettor, promoter, associate, coadjutor, confederate

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. accomplice

   Colleague is used always in a good sense, associate and coadjutor generally so; ally, assistant, associate, attendant, companion, helper, either in a good or a bad sense; abetter, accessory, accomplice, confederate, almost always in a bad sense. Ally is oftenest used of national and military matters, or of some other connection regarded as great and important; as, allies of despotism. Colleague is applied to civil and ecclesiastical connections; members of Congress from the same State are colleagues, even though they may be bitter opponents politically and personally. An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court is near in rank to the Chief Justice. A surgeon's assistant is a physician or medical student who shares in the treatment and care of patients; a surgeon's attendant is one who rolls bandages and the like. Follower, henchman, retainer are persons especially devoted to a chief, and generally bound to him by necessity, fee, or reward. Partner has come to denote almost exclusively a business connection. In law, an abettor (the general legal spelling) is always present, either actively or constructively, at the commission of the crime; an accessory never. An accomplice is usually a principal; an accessory never. If present, though only to stand outside and keep watch against surprise, one is an abettor, and not an accessory. At common law, an accessory implies a principal, and can not be convicted until after the conviction of the principal; the accomplice or abettor can be convicted as a principal. Accomplice and abettor have nearly the same meaning, but the former is the popular, the latter more distinctively the legal term. Compare APPENDAGE; AUXILIARY.

   Antonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, betrayer, chief, commander, enemy, foe, hinderer, instigator, leader, opponent, opposer, principal, rival

   Synonyms:
   abetter, abettor, accessory, ally, assistant, associate, attendant, coadjutor, colleague, companion, confederate, follower, helper, henchman, participator, partner, retainer

   Preposition:
   An accessory to the crime; before or after the fact; the accessories of a figure in a painting.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. accomplice

   Antonyms:
   rival, foe, adversary, antagonist

   Synonyms:
   abettor, confederate, accessory, ally, associate, partner, colleague, coadjutor, assistant, 'particips criminit'

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1. • Assistant

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.4 / 8 votes

1. accomplice, confederatenoun

   a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

   Synonyms:
   henchman, partner in crime, confederate, collaborator

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1. accomplicenoun

   Synonyms:
   abettor, ally, accessory, confederate, particeps criminis

How to use accomplice in a sentence?

1. United States:

   The United States Government violates asylum seekers' rights and fails to uphold responsibilities under international law when The US government expels them to Mexico while they seek refuge in United States. Likewise, the Mexican government is accomplice to this violation when it agrees to accept asylum seekers who fled their countries through Mexico to seek refuge in the United States, the United States government wants to turn Mexico into a vast immigration detention center.

2. Subhankar Goldar:

   Many parents, particularly those of young women, just don't report it to the police. They are too stigmatized or consider it a fait accomplice.

3. Christian Pino:

   I prefer to raise my voice with my colleagues than be an accomplice to this.

4. Corine Fairbanks:

   I think that Serra was, you know, an accomplice and co-conspirator to rape, land theft, torture, murder. I think that he’s just as bad as Hitler. I mean, some people might not understand the comparison, but he was a man with a vision and kept nothing—nothing—in the way of making that vision happen, didn’t care how many thousands of people that he hurt. He had a vision, he had a plan, he executed it.

5. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic:

   Josipovic is an accomplice in the country's economic hardships, he is just the flip side of the government's devaluated coin.

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