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