Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
innocent (adjective)1.
a) free from guilt or sin especially through lack of knowledge of evil - blameless an innocent child
b) harmless in effect or intention - searching for a hidden motive in even the most innocent conversation Leonard Wibberley , also - candid gave me an innocent gaze
c) free from legal guilt or fault , also - lawful a wholly innocent transaction
2.
a) lacking or reflecting a lack of sophistication, guile, or self-consciousness - artless ingenuous
b) - ignorant almost entirely innocent of Latin C. L. Wrenn , also - unaware perfectly innocent of the confusion he had created B. R. Haydon
3.
lacking or deprived of something - her face innocent of cosmetics Marcia Davenport
name of 13 popes especially 1143 (pope 1130–43); 1160(or 1161)–1216 (pope 1198–1216); 1254 (pope 1243–54); 1611–1689 (pope 1676–89) - II d III IV d XI
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
innocent (adjective)1.
free from sin
SYNONIMS:
impeccable, pure, sinless, whiteRELATED WORDS:
chaste, moral, virgin, virtuous; immaculate, spotless, unblemished, unstained, unsullied; decent, ethical, good, honest, honorable, righteous, upright, virtuous; blameless, guiltlessNEAR ANTONYMS:
lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, lickerish, lustful, oversexed, unchaste; evil, immoral, iniquitous, reprobate, unrighteous, virtueless, wicked; corrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, erring, fallen, lost, perverted; condemned, damned2.
free from guilt or blame
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blameless, cleanhanded, clear, faultless, guiltless, impeccable, inculpable, irreproachable, lily-whiteRELATED WORDS:
absolved, acquitted, cleared, exonerated, vindicated; ethical, law-abiding, moral, righteous, upright, virtuousNEAR ANTONYMS:
blamable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable, impeachable, indictable, punishable; accused, impeached, indicted; condemned, convicted; hangdog, shamed, shamefaced3.
free from any intent to deceive or impress others
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artless, genuine, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive ( naïve), natural, real, simple, sincere, true, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentiousRELATED WORDS:
childlike, dewy-eyed, gee-whiz, impressionable, inexperienced, malleable, persuadable, persuasible, simpleminded, unsophisticated, unworldly, wide-eyed; spontaneous, unforced, unstudied; candid, direct, frank, free, free-spoken, open, openhearted, plain, plainspoken, single-minded, straight, straightforward, unguarded; trustful, trusting; exploitable, gullible ( gullable), susceptible, unwaryNEAR ANTONYMS:
critical, cynical, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, wary; cosmopolitan, sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise; civilized, cultivated, cultured, polished, refined; crooked, deceitful, deceptive, devious, double-dealing, hypocritical, manipulative, two-faced; arch, calculating, canny, crafty, cunning, designing, foxy, knavish, scheming, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, subtle, tricky, underhanded, wily; flattering, mealymouthed, smooth, sycophantic, unctuous; feigned, forced, strained4.
lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment
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aw-shucks, dewy, dewy-eyed, green, ingenuous, innocent, naïf ( naif), primitive, simple, simpleminded, uncritical, unknowing, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, unworldly, wide-eyedRELATED WORDS:
callow, childish, immature, inexperienced, raw; childlike, idealistic, impractical, unrealistic; believing, credulous, gullible ( gullable), susceptible, trustful, trusting, unguarded; beguiled, duped, gulled, tricked; careless, heedless, thoughtlessNEAR ANTONYMS:
critical, cynical, doubting, incredulous, skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, unconvinced; careful, cautious, guarded, leery ( leary), wary, watchful; down-to-earth, hardheaded, pragmatic ( pragmatical), realistic, sober; street-smart, streetwise5.
not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt
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anodyne, benign, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, safe, whiteRELATED WORDS:
healthful, healthy, salubrious, wholesome; benignant; sound, trustworthy; gentle, gracious, mild; nonthreatening, painless, unobjectionable; noncorrosive, nondestructive, nonfatal, noninfectious, nonlethal, nonpoisonous, nonpolluting, nontoxic, nonvenomousNEAR ANTONYMS:
poisonous, venomous; menacing, ominous, sinister, threatening; hazardous, imperiling ( imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe, unsound; nasty, noisome, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome; offensive, painful, scathing, wounding; deadly, fatal, lethal, ruinous; destructive, insidious, malignant, noxious, pestilent, polluted, tainted6.
not informed about or aware of something
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clueless, incognizant, innocent, insensible, nescient, oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful, unwittingRELATED WORDS:
uneducated, unschooled, untaught; absent, absentminded, abstracted, heedless, inattentive, inconscientNEAR ANTONYMS:
au courant, hip, plugged-in, up-to-date; educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught; heedful, observant; sensitive, sentientan innocent or gentle person
SYNONIMS:
angel, dove, innocent, sheepRELATED WORDS:
babe, colt, cub, fledgling, greenhorn, ingenue ( ingénue), naïf ( naif), newbie, tenderfoot, virgin; cherub, saint; mollycoddle, sissy, softy ( softie), weakling, wimp; dupe, pigeon, sap, suckerNEAR ANTONYMS:
bully, roughneck, rowdy, tough; beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, jerk, joker, louse, lout, slob; shark, skunk, snake, stinker; devil, knave, miscreant, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scalawag ( scallywag), scamp, scoundrel, varlet, villain