Synonyms of wrongdoer

wrongdoer

noun

ˈrȯŋ-ˌdü-ər 

as in criminal

a person who commits moral wrongs

anticorruption crusaders are going after wrongdoers at every level of the nation's government

Synonyms & Similar Words

• criminal
• offender
• sinner
• villain
• evildoer
• malefactor
• transgressor
• immoralist
• lawbreaker
• corrupter
• felon
• reprobate
• crook
• miscreant
• misdoer
• misfeasor

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• innocent
• angel
• saint

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wrongdoer

Greylord was a watershed moment in its use of eavesdropping devices and a mole to obtain evidence instead of relying on wrongdoers to become government informants. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026

And when thunderclaps rattled their chests, the Chinese felt a deity punishing wrongdoers. — Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026

But critics of this effort say this internal mechanism fails to provide meaningful accountability and would protect wrongdoers from any future state bar investigation. — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 25 Apr. 2026

Anderson frames his argument largely in relation to the thought of thirteenth-century theologian Thomas Aquinas, who argued that Christians are generally obliged to directly confront someone who is behaving wrongly, and to do it in private to preserve the wrongdoer’s reputation. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2026