nocent C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈnoʊsənt/ UK /ˈnəʊsnt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj harmful or injurious; guilty The treatise distinguished the innocent from the nocent party. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · harmful or injurious; guilty harmfulinjuriousnoxiousguiltyhurtful ↔ Opposites innocentharmlessinnocuous Word family Related forms innocentnocuousinnocuousnuisance Etymology AI details From Latin nocent-, stem of nocens, present participle of nocere ('to harm, injure'). nocere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # nocent **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈnoʊsənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈnəʊsnt/ ## Meanings 1. harmful or injurious; guilty ## Examples - The treatise distinguished the innocent from the nocent party. ## Synonyms - harmful - injurious - noxious - guilty - hurtful ## Antonyms - innocent - harmless - innocuous ## Related Forms - innocent - nocuous - innocuous - nuisance ## Roots and Affixes - Root: nocere ## Etymology From Latin nocent-, stem of nocens, present participle of nocere ('to harm, injure'). ## AI Etymology Nocent comes from Latin nocent-, stem of nocens, present participle of nocere ('to harm, injure'). The historical trail runs through Latin nocere. In modern use it means harmful or injurious; guilty. Related forms include innocent, nocuous, innocuous, nuisance. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown