innocent meaning and definition

INNOCENT noun

Definition of innocent (noun)

1. a person who lacks knowledge of evil
   • synonyms: inexperienced person

INNOCENT adjective

Definition of innocent (adjective)

1. free from evil or guilt
   • "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"
   • synonyms: clean-handed, guiltless
   • antonym: guilty
2. lacking intent or capacity to injure
   • "an innocent prank"
   • synonyms: innocuous
3. free from sin
   • synonyms: impeccant, sinless
4. lacking in sophistication or worldliness
   • "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
   • synonyms: ingenuous
5. not knowledgeable about something specified
   • "American tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted with our customs"
   • synonyms: unacquainted
6. completely wanting or lacking
   • "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
   • synonyms: barren, destitute, devoid, free
7. (used of things) lacking sense or awareness
   • "fine innocent weather"