innocent

Meaning

Adj

1. Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
2. Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
3. Without wrongful intent; accidental or in good faith.
4. Naive; artless.
5. Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.
6. (with-of) Lacking (something), or knowledge of it.
7. Lawful; permitted.
8. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.

Noun

1. One who is innocent, especially a young child.
2. (obsolete) A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot.

Synonyms

guiltless

naive

pure

unsophisticated

simple

blameless

not guilty

sinless

harmless

artless

ingenuous

childish

inexperienced

ignorant

honest

virginal

barren

chaste

clean

innocuous

devoid

destitute

clean-handed

naïve

guileless

fresh

free

🆓

clear

inoffensive

unacquainted

faultless

righteous

impeccant

immaculate

helpless

childlike

virtuous

unworldly

white

unoffending

unwitting

inexperienced person

tender

immature

simple-hearted

unaffected

gullible

pious

unaware

not involved

Translations

innocent

😇

innocente

😇

unschuldig

😇

inocente

😇

onschuldig

😇

inocente

😇

innocent

😇

αθώος

onnozel

😇

onbedorven

schuldeloos

naïf

بريء

naiv

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪnəsənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: innocent

In summary

From Middle English innocent, from Old French innocent, inocent, borrowed from Latin innocēns (“harmless, inoffensive”), from in- (“not”) + nocēns, present participle of noceō (“to hurt”). By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + nocent (“harmful; guilty”). Displaced native Old English unsċyldiġ.