innocent
adjective
1. free from evil or guilt
- an innocent child
- the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
Similar word(s): exculpatory, absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated, acquitted, blameless, inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachable, righteous, guiltless
2. lacking intent or capacity to injure
- an innocent prank
Similar word(s): harmless, innocuous
3. free from sin
Similar word(s): virtuous, impeccant, sinless
4. lacking in sophistication or worldliness
- a child's innocent stare
Similar word(s): naif, naive, ingenuous
5. not knowledgeable about something specified
- American tourists wholly innocent of French
Similar word(s): uninformed, unacquainted
6. completely lacking.
- innocent of literary merit
Similar word(s): nonexistent, barren, destitute, devoid, free
7. (used of things) lacking sense or awareness
- fine innocent weather
Similar word(s): unconscious
Sentences with innocent as an adjective:
- an innocent medicine or remedy
- an innocent trade
- innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation