culpable

Meaning

Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.

Synonyms

guilty

blameworthy

reprehensible

blamable

censurable

criminal

blameable

blameful

responsible

condemnable

wanton

punishable

felonious

guilt

imputable

liable

nefarious

offender

offensive

opprobrious

referable

reproachable

scofflaw

sinful

thug

unsavory

unsavoury

to blame

guilty plea

accountable

accusable

ascribable

bagman

chargeable

culprit

delinquent

deplorable

exceptionable

fault

felon

Translations

coupable

culpable

schuldig

schuldig

suçlu

strafbar

kusurlu

kusur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkʌlpəbəl/

Etymology

From Middle English culpable, from Old French culpable, from Latin culpabilis (“blameworthy”), from culpare (“to blame, condemn”), from culpa (“fault, crime, mistake”). Compare also culprit.