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wrongdoer

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of wrongdoer

a person who commits moral wrongs

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

evildoer, immoralist, malefactor, sinner
Words Related to wrongdoer

criminal, crook, felon, lawbreaker, miscreant, misdoer, misfeasor, offender, reprobate, transgressor, villain

corrupter (also corruptor)
Near Antonyms of wrongdoer

angel, innocent, saint

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