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CULPRIT Synonyms

There are 15 synonyms of the word culprit. (exact relations)
There are 12 hypernyms of the word culprit. (close relations)
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culpableculpability

Best Alternative Words for CULPRIT

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perpetrator
nounn
noun

• someone who perpetrates wrongdoing

assailant
nounn
noun

• someone who attacks

criminal
nounn
noun

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

adjective satellite

• bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

• guilty of crime or serious offense

• involving or being or having the nature of a crime

delinquent
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a young offender

adjective satellite

• guilty of a misdeed

• failing in what duty requires

• past due; not paid at the scheduled time

evildoer
nounn
noun

• a person who sins (without repenting)

felon
nounn
noun

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

• a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail

lawbreaker
nounn
noun

• someone who violates the law

malefactor
nounn
noun

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

miscreant
nounn
noun

• a person without moral scruples

offender
nounn
noun

• a person who transgresses moral or civil law

robber
nounn
noun

• a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence

ruffian
nounn
noun

• a cruel and brutal fellow

thief
nounn
noun

• a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

trespasser
nounn
noun

• someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission

wrongdoer
nounn
noun

• a person who transgresses moral or civil law

Best Hypernyms For CULPRIT

Here is a list of related hypernyms for culprit, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (12)
offender wrongdoer convict criminal delinquent felon lawbreaker malefactor miscreant perpetrator suspect trespasser

Alternatives for PERPETRATOR

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