Synonyms for culprit
ˈkʌl prɪtcul·prit

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1. culprit

   Synonyms:
   offender, criminal, delinquent, malefactor

   Antonyms:
   example, pattern, model, hero, saint

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1. perpetrator, culpritnoun

   someone who perpetrates wrongdoing

   Synonyms:
   perpetrator

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1. • Wrongdoer

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1. culpritnoun

   Synonyms:
   criminal, malefactor, delinquent, felon

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1. culpritnoun

   Synonyms:
   offender, malefactor, delinquent, criminal sinner

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1. List of paraphrases for "culprit":

   guilty, guilt

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1. Sadiya Khan:

   Our study is also not able to definitively state what is driving the change in cardiometabolic death rates, but obesity is likely a leading culprit.

2. Anita Kozyrskyj:

   The Results suggest that gut microbiota were the culprit in the association between disinfectant use and the overweight.

3. David Acheson:

   They both help identify the culprit.

4. Miles Ehrlich:

   Given that Uber apparently lost driver data, a law enforcement investigation is to be expected, and the benefit is that the culprit here is going to be identified - and that's going to remove Chris' name from any conversation about Uber's data breach, as it should.

5. Asha Singh:

   If they understood my daughters pain, if they understood my pain, the culprit would not be free.