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100 Best Synonyms for “Guilty”

September 21, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. abetting helping someone do wrong
2. accessory helping another commit a crime
3. accused charged with wrongdoing
4. aiding assisting in wrongdoing
5. amiss wrong or out of order
6. answerable required to accept blame
7. arraigned formally charged in court
8. at fault responsible for a mistake
9. bad morally wrong or blameworthy
10. blackened damaged by blame or scandal
11. blameable deserving blame
12. blameworthy deserving blame for wrongdoing
13. booked officially charged by police
14. censurable deserving criticism or blame
15. chargeable able to be accused
16. complicit involved with others in wrongdoing
17. condemnable worthy of blame or censure
18. convictable able to be proven guilty
19. convicted found guilty by a court
20. corrupt morally dishonest or depraved
21. criminal involved in crime or wrongdoing
22. culpable deserving blame or responsibility
23. damnable strongly deserving blame
24. delinquent showing unlawful or wrongful behavior
25. depraved morally corrupt or wicked
26. derelict neglectful of duty
27. discredited harmed by proven wrongdoing
28. disgraced brought into shame
29. disgraceful causing shame or dishonor
30. dishonorable showing lack of honor
31. ensnared trapped by evidence or wrongdoing
32. errant straying from proper conduct
33. evil morally very wrong
34. exposed revealed as having done wrong
35. faithless disloyal or untrue
36. fallen morally lapsed or disgraced
37. false deceitful or untrue
38. felonious relating to serious criminal wrongdoing
39. fingered identified as the wrongdoer
40. foul morally dirty or wrong
41. found culpable judged blameworthy or responsible
42. found liable judged legally responsible
43. implicated shown to be involved
44. improper not appropriate or right
45. in default failing in duty or obligation
46. in the wrong responsible for wrongdoing
47. incriminated made to appear criminally involved
48. indefensible unable to be justified
49. indicted formally accused by indictment
50. iniquitous grossly unjust or wicked
51. lawbreaking breaking the law
52. liable legally responsible for wrongdoing
53. malfeasant doing wrongful or illegal acts
54. mens-rea having criminal intent
55. misbehaving acting badly or wrongly
56. miscreant behaving badly or criminally
57. mixed up in involved in something wrong
58. named identified as involved
59. nefarious wicked or criminal
60. negligent failing to take proper care
61. offending doing something wrong or unlawful
62. on the hook held responsible or liable
63. outrageous shockingly wrong or improper
64. particeps criminis partner in a crime
65. perfidious treacherous and untrustworthy
66. plotting secretly planning wrongdoing
67. punishable deserving legal or formal punishment
68. rascally dishonestly mischievous
69. reckless carelessly ignoring serious risks
70. red-handed caught in the act
71. remiss careless in duty or responsibility
72. reprehensible deserving strong moral disapproval
73. responsible answerable for a wrongful act
74. roguish dishonestly playful or criminal
75. scandalous causing public moral outrage
76. self-condemned condemned by one’s own actions
77. self-reproachful blaming oneself for wrongdoing
78. shameful deserving shame or disgrace
79. shifty appearing dishonest or guilty
80. sinful morally wrong or wicked
81. stained marked by shame or guilt
82. suspect thought likely to be guilty
83. tainted stained by wrongdoing or shame
84. to blame deserving blame
85. tortious involving civil legal wrong
86. transgressive violating accepted limits or rules
87. treacherous betraying trust or loyalty
88. under a cloud under suspicion or disgrace
89. under suspicion suspected of wrongdoing
90. underhanded dishonest and deceitful
91. unforgivable too bad to forgive
92. unjustifiable not able to be excused
93. unmasked revealed for wrongdoing
94. untrue not faithful or honest
95. vile extremely bad or immoral
96. villainous wickedly bad or criminal
97. wayward behaving wrongly or improperly
98. wicked morally bad or evil
99. wrong not morally or legally right
100. wrongdoing having done something wrong

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