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culprit Synonyms

Another word for culprit

Choosing another word for culprit depends on context, so the 13 synonyms and similar words below are separated across 2 exact definitions and ranked by match strength.
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• noun (Context 1)

A person who is responsible for a crime, offense, or other misdeed; an offender.

Usage Example

"The police reviewed the security footage to identify the offender behind the burglary."

Strongest
offender
perpetrator
wrongdoer
guilty party
Strong
malefactor
delinquent
miscreant
criminal
lawbreaker
transgressor

• noun (Context 2)

The cause of a problem, defect, or undesirable situation.

Usage Example

"After hours of troubleshooting the network outage, engineers discovered that a faulty router was the main cause."

Strong
cause
root cause
source

Opposites of culprit

The opposite of culprit shifts depending on context. Common opposites include:

victim
innocent
solution
remedy
See all opposites of culprit

• Nearby Words

culpability
culpable
culpably
culprit
cult
cultic
cultish

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Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Culprit. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/culprit
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