What is another word for guilty?
Synonyms for guilty
ˈgɪl tiguilty
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Wiktionary
guiltyadjective
Antonyms:
innocent, not guiltyguiltynoun
A plea by a defendant who does not contest a charge.
He was guilty of cheating at cards.
Antonyms:
innocent, not guiltyguiltyadjective
Judged to have committed a crime.
The guilty man was led away.
Antonyms:
not guilty, innocentguiltyadjective
Do you have a guilty conscience?
Antonyms:
innocent, not guiltyguiltyadjective
I have a guilty secret.
Antonyms:
not guilty, innocent
English Synonyms and Antonyms
guilty
Every criminal act is illegal or unlawful, but illegal or unlawful acts may not be criminal. Offenses against public law are criminal; offenses against private rights are merely illegal or unlawful. As a general rule, all acts punishable by fine or imprisonment or both, are criminal in view of the law. It is illegal for a man to trespass on another's land, but it is not criminal; the trespasser is liable to a civil suit for damages, but not to indictment, fine, or imprisonment. A felonious act is a criminal act of an aggravated kind, which is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary or by death. A flagitious crime is one that brings public odium. Vicious refers to the indulgence of evil appetites, habits, or passions; vicious acts are not necessarily criminal, or even illegal; we speak of a vicious horse. That which is iniquitous, i. e., contrary to equity, may sometimes be done under the forms of law. Ingratitude is sinful, hypocrisy is wicked, but neither is punishable by human law; hence, neither is criminal or illegal. Compare SIN.
Synonyms:
abominable, criminal, culpable, felonious, flagitious, illegal, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, unlawful, vicious, vile, wicked, wrongAntonyms:
innocent, just, lawful, legal, meritorious, moral, right, virtuous
Princeton's WordNet
guiltyadjective
responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act
"guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty deeds"
Synonyms:
shamed, hangdog, shamefacedAntonyms:
acquitted, exculpated, vindicated, unashamed, guiltless, clean-handed, innocent, blameless, exonerated, absolved, unimpeachable, not guilty, irreproachable, inculpable, clear, clearedguilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamedadjective
showing a sense of guilt
"a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
Synonyms:
shamefaced, sheepish, disgraced, shamed, discredited, dishonored, hangdogAntonyms:
not guilty, irreproachable, unashamed, inculpable, cleared, innocent, blameless, acquitted, exculpated, clean-handed, absolved, guiltless, exonerated, vindicated, clear, unimpeachable
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
guiltyadjective
Synonyms:
culpable, punishable, criminal, peccant, sinful
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "guilty":
guilt, culpable, culprit, culpability, responsible, perpetrator, offender, convicted, comet, unsub, blame
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1237 | responsible | |
#1673 | wrong | |
#2384 | criminal | |
#3556 | illegal | |
#5928 | guilty | |
#7199 | blame | |
#8459 | wicked | |
#9894 | convicted | |
#11096 | offender | |
#12311 | guilt | |
#12565 | unlawful | |
#13545 | comet | |
#15992 | vicious | |
#24206 | sinful | |
#25406 | immoral | |
#27379 | vile | |
#31789 | culprit | |
#34964 | perpetrator | |
#43671 | discredited | |
#48360 | nefarious | |
#51404 | abominable | |
#52634 | disgraced | |
#61612 | culpability | |
#62006 | shamed | |
#63216 | culpable | |
#65052 | unsub | |
#79599 | sheepish | |
#92331 | dishonored | |
#102904 | felonious | |
#170004 | iniquitous | |
#304816 | shamefaced |
How to use guilty in a sentence?
I don't feel guilty, we've been getting ripped off by high prices in Switzerland. And Swiss people's sensitivity to the exchange rate has only intensified since Jan. 15.
Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire:
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
If we take all the information we have at the moment, the case for a causal link is quite strong, we should now say that Zika is guilty until proven innocent.
We're guilty of cleaning up our house a bit before we invited company.
If someone is acting in good faith or someone does not believe that what they are doing actually is part of a scheme to defraud, then the correct verdict is a not guilty verdict.
Translations for guilty
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- مذنبArabic
- reprovable, culpableCatalan, Valencian
- vinen, vinnýCzech
- fehlbar, tadelnswert, schuldbewusst, schuldig, tadelnswürdigGerman
- culpableSpanish
- گناهکارPersian
- ruma, likainen, syyllinenFinnish
- coupableFrench
- दोषीHindi
- bűnösHungarian
- colpevoleItalian
- 有罪, やましいJapanese
- schëllegLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- atbildīgs, vainīgs, vaininiece, vaininieksLatvian
- winna, oskarżony, winien, winnyPolish
- culpadoPortuguese
- виноватый, виновныйRussian
- skyldig, skamsenSwedish
- குற்றவாளிTamil
- suçluTurkish
- مجرمUrdu
- 犯Chinese
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