CULPRIT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CULPRIT?

Need another word that means the same as “culprit”? Find 4 synonyms and 30 related words for “culprit” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Culprit” are: perpetrator, offender, wrongdoer, person responsible

Culprit as a Noun

Definitions of "Culprit" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “culprit” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed.
• Someone who perpetrates wrongdoing.
• The cause of a problem or defect.

Synonyms of "Culprit" as a noun (4 Words)

offender	A person who transgresses moral or civil law. An institution for young offenders.
perpetrator	Someone who perpetrates wrongdoing. The perpetrators of this horrific crime must be brought to justice.
person responsible	A human body (usually including the clothing.
wrongdoer	A person who behaves illegally or dishonestly; an offender. They need to punish wrongdoers.

Usage Examples of "Culprit" as a noun

• Low-level ozone pollution is the real culprit.
• The car's front nearside door had been smashed in but the culprits had fled.

Associations of "Culprit" (30 Words)

apprehend	Get the meaning of something. We enter a field of vision we could not otherwise apprehend.
capture	A person or thing that has been captured. She did a series of sketches trying to capture all his moods.
catch	Catch up with and possibly overtake. Did you catch a cold.
committal	The action of sending a person to prison or a psychiatric hospital. The high level of committals.
confession	The religious body or Church sharing a confession of faith. Leading figures from every Christian confession.
convict	A person who has been convicted of a criminal offense. The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced.
conviction	A firmly held belief or opinion. The conviction came as no surprise.
criminal	Involving or being or having the nature of a crime. They are charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage.
guilty	Conscious of, affected by, or revealing a feeling of guilt. A guilty conscience.
impenitent	Not penitent or remorseful. Impenitent elitists.
incarcerate	Imprison or confine. The murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life.
indictment	A thing that serves to illustrate that a system or situation is bad and deserves to be condemned. These rapidly escalating crime figures are an indictment of our society.
inmate	A patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being treated. Inmates of the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
intern	Serve as an intern. During WW II Japanese were interned in camps in the West.
jail	Lock up or confine in or as in a jail. He spent 15 years in jail.
murderer	A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being. Convicted murderers.
offender	A person who transgresses moral or civil law. You can t get away from sex these days and the TV is the worst offender.
penance	Impose a penance on. He had done public penance for those hasty words.
penitence	Remorse for your past conduct. A public display of penitence.
penitent	A person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor. A penitent expression.
penitential	Showing or constituting penance. Wrote a penitential letter apologizing for her hasty words.
penitentiary	A prison for people convicted of serious crimes. Penitentiary institutions.
perpetrator	A person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act. The perpetrators of this horrific crime must be brought to justice.
prison	Imprison. Both men were sent to prison.
prisoner	A person who is confined especially a prisoner of war. He s become a prisoner of the publicity he s generated.
regret	Express with regret. I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard.
repent	Turn away from sin or do penitence. The Padre urged his listeners to repent.
repentance	Remorse for your past conduct. Each person who turns to God in genuine repentance and faith will be saved.
repentant	Expressing or feeling sincere regret and remorse; remorseful. He is truly repentant for his incredible naivety and stupidity.
sinner	A person who sins (without repenting. God forgives repentant sinners.