Choose the most appropriate antonym for the word: Culpable
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Innocent
Culpable means deserving blame for something wrong. Its antonym is innocent.
Example: The court held the driver culpable for the accident.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Guilty | having done wrong (a synonym of culpable) | The jury found him guilty of theft. |
| (2) Responsible | in the sense of being the cause of something bad (close to culpable, not its opposite) | Who is responsible for this mess? |
| (3) Blameworthy | deserving blame (another synonym of culpable) | His careless conduct was blameworthy. |
| (4) Innocent (answer) | not guilty of a crime or wrong (deserving blame against free of blame) | The man was proved innocent and set free. |
| Synonyms of culpable: guilty, blameworthy, responsible, at fault Antonyms of culpable: innocent, blameless, guiltless, faultless Also asked in CUET (UG): culpable – 20-08-2022 Slot 1 blameworthy – 13-05-2026 Slot 1 |