Question

Choose the antonym of the following word form the options given below:
INNOCENT
a. Sinless
b. Sinful
c. Guilty
d. Quest

Answer 1

Hint: Many times you will find two words in the options which would seem to be the correct and close answers, but choose the word with the most proximate meaning. You might as well try framing sentences in case of confusion.

Complete answer:
Innocent is an adjective meaning someone not guilty of a crime or an offense. So, with this definition, the antonym of Innocent would mean something like: someone who is the culprit or guilty.

Option a, Sinless, is quite self-explanatory of its meaning. It means someone who is free of Sins, so this makes up to be a synonym of the word given to us in the question, making it an incorrect option.

From the explanation of option a above, we can understand very clearly that Sinful is the exact antonym of Sinless, but although Sinless and Innocent are synonymous, option b isn't the correct answer because someone is known to be Sinful when he or she has committed a lot of Sins.

Guilty, option c, is the correct answer because a person is Guilty when he or she has committed a mistake or a crime, most of the time, intentionally.

Option d, Quest means a long and arduous search for something. This surely is not the right alternative.

Note: Do not get confused between synonyms and antonyms. Synonyms are words with similar meaning and antonyms are words with opposite meanings.