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innocents

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plural of innocent

Synonyms & Antonyms of innocents

an innocent or gentle person

an innocent who is often puzzled by and prey to the evils of the world

Synonyms for innocents

angels,
doves,
lambs,
sheep

Words Related to innocents

babes,
colts,
cubs,
fledglings,
greenhorns,
ingenues
(or ingénues),
naïfs
(or naifs),
newbies,
tenderfeet
(also tenderfoots),
virgins

cherubs
(or cherubim),
saints

softies,
weaklings,
wimps

dupes,
pigeons,
saps,
suckers

Near Antonyms for innocents

bullies,
roughnecks,
rowdies,
toughs

beasts,
boors,
cads,
churls,
clowns,
creeps,
cretins,
curs,
heels,
jerks,
jokers,
louses,
louts,
slobs

sharks,
skunks
(also skunk),
snakes,
stinkers

devils,
knaves,
miscreants,
no-goods,
rapscallions,
rascals,
reprobates,
rogues,
scalawags
(or scallywags),
scamps,
scoundrels,
varlets,
villains

Antonyms for innocents

wolves

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