What is another word for culprit?
678 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kˈʌlpɹɪt], [ kˈʌlpɹɪt], [ k_ˈʌ_l_p_ɹ_ɪ_t]
The word "culprit" refers to a person responsible for a wrongdoing or a crime. Some of the synonyms for the term include offender, perpetrator, suspect, guilty party, wrongdoer, malefactor, criminal, and felon. Each of these words points to someone who has committed a violation, and highlights the fact that they are accountable for their actions. The use of these synonyms is often determined by the severity of the violation, the level of responsibility, and the context in which the crime or wrongdoing takes place. Understanding these nuances can help us to communicate more effectively and to construct a more accurate picture of the events at hand.
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Similar words for culprit:
- causes (noun)
- convict (noun)
- criminal (noun)
- delinquent (noun)
- malefactor (noun)
- miscreant (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- perpetrator (noun)
- person (noun)
- person responsible for wrongdoing (noun)
- prisoner (noun)
- thief (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Culprit:
n.
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- underworld,
- accomplice,
- ringleader,
- juvenile,
- gang.
- engine,
- contributor,
- mainspring,
- catalyst,
- agent,
- stimulus,
- impetus,
- influence,
- base,
- provocation,
- source,
- cause,
- occasion,
- trigger,
- invitation,
- root.
- yardbirds,
- inside persons,
- EXCON,
- ex cons,
- ex-cons,
- inside people,
- black marketeers,
- excons,
- slippery eels,
- bad actors,
- ex con.
- de-relict,
- juvies,
- young offenders,
- JDS,
- re probates,
- re probate,
- de relict,
- neglecters,
- re-probates,
- de relicts,
- re-probate,
- de-relicts,
- no shows.
- neglecter,
- dawdler,
- reprobates,
- felon,
- long-termer,
- deadhead,
- defaulter,
- lawbreaker,
- Black Marketeer,
- defaulters,
- inside person,
- perpetrator,
- loungers,
- hustler,
- blackmailer,
- scofflaw,
- perpetrators,
- deuces,
- evader,
- heavies,
- guilty party,
- evildoer,
- repeater,
- guilty person,
- ex-con,
- delinquent,
- violator,
- dawdlers,
- violators,
- guerilla,
- criminal,
- scofflaws,
- deadheads,
- lowlife,
- transgressor,
- prisoner,
- loser,
- yardbird,
- repeaters,
- juvie,
- trespasser,
- recreants,
- malefactor,
- lounger,
- hoodlums,
- transgressors,
- convict,
- abuser,
- evaders,
- jailbird,
- no show,
- slippery eel,
- jailbirds,
- deuce,
- lowlifes,
- young offender,
- bad actor,
- guerillas,
- gangster,
- miscreant,
- wrongdoer,
- blackmailers.
- con.
Other synonyms:
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- probationer.
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- undesirable.
- function,
- brutal,
- flimflam,
- adjuvant,
- insurgent,
- mold,
- have,
- enwrapped,
- blameable,
- spoiled,
- trespass,
- imp,
- deleterious,
- sea robber,
- punk,
- debaucher,
- shamed,
- distasteful,
- faithlessly,
- beginning,
- fleeting,
- crowd,
- slattern,
- accelerator,
- ancillary,
- puerile,
- lagger,
- also-ran,
- detrimental,
- criminalise,
- treasonably,
- trigger off,
- bustle,
- confederate,
- goon,
- illegalize,
- neglectful,
- bully,
- cornerstone,
- traitorously,
- abuse,
- mean,
- mischief-maker,
- ascendant,
- rogue,
- stimulation,
- stalker,
- causal agency,
- laggard,
- poke,
- basal,
- defraud,
- over-the-top,
- deplorable,
- worker,
- dirty dog,
- extortionist,
- break,
- drone,
- impish,
- highjack,
- crusade,
- mistaken,
- 2,
- lowly,
- broker,
- ii,
- gangdom,
- auxiliary,
- juncture,
- alkali,
- stinker,
- elusive,
- interloper,
- reclining chair,
- origin,
- hard,
- commandeer,
- social function,
- make,
- rootle,
- delusive,
- nonstarter,
- bunco,
- two,
- suspicious,
- input,
- rat,
- jest at,
- baffling,
- bonnet,
- dilly-dallier,
- fugitive from justice,
- found,
- radix,
- censurable,
- sea rover,
- fell,
- unsound,
- puckish,
- high-risk,
- appurtenance,
- revolting,
- unholy,
- disgustful,
- devil,
- cowl,
- recliner,
- exhaust hood,
- supplement,
- savage,
- prankish,
- drive,
- hades,
- induction,
- learn,
- jailed,
- treasured,
- guerrilla,
- momentaneous,
- bend,
- regulate,
- locomotive engine,
- arch,
- stinkpot,
- habitual criminal,
- momentary,
- confidence game,
- grounds,
- substandard,
- shady,
- foundation,
- root word,
- fuss,
- monkey,
- put on,
- cutpurse,
- yobbo,
- irritation,
- infrastructure,
- wrapped,
- movement,
- laugh at,
- federal agent,
- dip,
- overstep,
- hurtful,
- scamp,
- incitation,
- fundament,
- ungodly,
- ancestor,
- repeating firearm,
- hijack,
- spark,
- accoutrement,
- sour,
- failure,
- turn,
- establish,
- street fighter,
- get,
- make fun,
- illegalise,
- poisonous,
- floor,
- causa,
- immoral,
- implike,
- crumb,
- settle down,
- sin,
- distrust,
- appurtenant,
- impulsion,
- take root,
- floozie,
- go against,
- lacking,
- plagiariser,
- al qaeda,
- literary pirate,
- breach,
- big,
- reason,
- yob,
- surmise,
- diddle,
- clapperclaw,
- gun trigger,
- crew,
- forged,
- bunko,
- lawsuit,
- buccaneer,
- regretful,
- treacherously,
- faux,
- shape,
- absorbed,
- irregular,
- foot,
- criminalize,
- prejudicious,
- maltreater,
- set off,
- overdue,
- shamefaced,
- nobble,
- actor,
- sea poker,
- rotter,
- con game,
- chiseller,
- roll,
- booster,
- pack,
- accessary,
- groundwork,
- bustle about,
- incorrect,
- terrible,
- pedestal,
- repellant,
- bag,
- risky,
- mulct,
- gang up,
- intruder,
- evil,
- poke fun,
- engrossed,
- baseborn,
- badness,
- adolescent,
- rib,
- hornswoggle,
- factor,
- railway locomotive,
- simulated,
- illegitimate,
- backslider,
- netherworld,
- gouger,
- pretended,
- student nurse,
- rowdy,
- yucky,
- trailer,
- lens hood,
- seed,
- sting,
- derelict,
- mistrust,
- precious,
- problematic,
- impulse,
- victimize,
- law offender,
- repelling,
- spoilt,
- imprisoned,
- act upon,
- plagiarizer,
- understructure,
- touch off,
- activate,
- pixilated,
- stimulate,
- heel,
- swindle,
- deadbeat,
- bunko game,
- fake,
- ado,
- mob,
- barbarous,
- memorize,
- trip,
- antecedent,
- agentive role,
- desperate criminal,
- puke,
- inferior,
- scalawag,
- reservoir,
- home,
- shoplifter,
- infernal region,
- cherished,
- humble,
- cad,
- unsuitable,
- repellent,
- aggravation,
- loathsome,
- campaign,
- runaway,
- wheeler dealer,
- reprobate,
- ring,
- floozy,
- troubler,
- roughshod,
- fishy,
- shepherd's crook,
- add-on,
- jack,
- juvenile person,
- shout,
- confidence trick,
- negative,
- sham,
- scam,
- foul,
- radical,
- streetwalker,
- trouble maker,
- al qaida,
- etymon,
- highjacker,
- skunk,
- scum bag,
- parolee,
- iniquitous,
- induce,
- cerberus,
- venomous,
- extraordinary,
- off-key,
- informant,
- prejudicial,
- subscriber,
- rook,
- tempt,
- rugged,
- stimulant,
- scallywag,
- badly,
- knotty,
- bunch,
- case,
- speculative,
- dog,
- ground,
- toughie,
- loathly,
- intent,
- stand,
- reference,
- rapscallion,
- ascendent,
- mope,
- extortioner,
- scheol,
- toughened,
- substructure,
- disgusting,
- ridicule,
- untrue,
- flurry,
- generator,
- stir,
- initiation,
- ravisher,
- theme,
- cowling,
- lawless,
- determine,
- short-change,
- condemnable,
- dillydallier,
- accouterment,
- locomotive,
- memorise,
- dallier,
- organized crime,
- spark off,
- plagiarist,
- uncollectible,
- sturdy,
- cap,
- felonious,
- road agent,
- insufficient,
- blamable,
- strong-armer,
- work party,
- funny,
- gaolbird,
- free-base,
- stem,
- skanky,
- scammer,
- varlet,
- base of operations,
- nucleotide,
- bum,
- illicit,
- troublemaker,
- incitement,
- cruel,
- basis,
- actuate,
- whitlow,
- confined,
- germ,
- effort,
- grifter,
- rout,
- twist,
- infract,
- wanting,
- settle,
- street girl,
- imitation,
- sea poacher,
- drift,
- so-and-so,
- sorry,
- pluck,
- dickens,
- work,
- pirate ship,
- peccable,
- bounder,
- goldbrick,
- severe,
- unfit,
- wrong,
- author,
- outlawed,
- meanspirited,
- problematical,
- steady down,
- charm,
- roast,
- ruffianly,
- assumed,
- housewrecker,
- weightlifter,
- unsuccessful person,
- curve,
- hound,
- unlawful,
- sneak,
- affair,
- solution,
- reversionist,
- rootage,
- hangdog,
- causal agent,
- violate,
- jejune,
- guy,
- offend,
- operator,
- remiss,
- unwanted,
- suit,
- mischievous,
- fictive,
- chiseler,
- adjunct,
- fictitious,
- social occasion,
- yobo.
- bad guy,
- reprehensible,
- PERP,
- guilty,
- scoundrel,
- hoodlum,
- erroneous,
- blameworthy,
- noxious,
- inmate,
- deficient,
- false,
- hood,
- accused,
- injurious,
- inpatient,
- doer,
- bad hat,
- tough,
- baddie,
- rascal,
- knave,
- yard bird,
- terrorist,
- faulty,
- black hat,
- fugitive,
- mafioso,
- baddy,
- ashamed,
- sinner,
- roughneck,
- evil-doer,
- harmful,
- culpable,
- sinful,
- vandal,
- wrongful,
- blameful,
- ruffian,
- bad,
- nocent,
- hooligan,
- mobster,
- blackguard,
- jail bird,
- defective,
- peccant,
- Misdemeanant,
- in the wrong,
- hustle,
- racketeer,
- wicked,
- vicious,
- damaging.
How to use "Culprit" in context?
When examining a crime, it is always important to know who is responsible. This is why detectives and investigators are often called "culprits." A culprit is someone who is responsible for a crime.
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
perpetrator.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
offender.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
conviction, defendant, man, men, murderer, responsible, robbery.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
Homophones for Culprit:
- celebrity, call forth, Cass Gilbert, calliphoridae, colubridae, call-board, clipboard, clapboard, clip art, calibrated, colbert, celebrated, coal-fired, calibrate, culvert, clofibrate, collaborate, colubrid, cloveroot, celebrate, clover-root.
Hyponym for Culprit:
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