blameless

1. 1.

   free of guilt; not subject to blame

   “has lived a blameless life”

   “of irreproachable character”

   “an unimpeachable reputation”

   Synonymsinculpableirreproachableunimpeachable

   Similarinnocent

Other forms of blameless

comparative

blamelesser·

superlative

blamelessest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blameless

What does blameless mean?

blameless means "free of guilt; not subject to blame".

How many syllables are in blameless?

blameless has 2 syllables: blame-less. The stress falls on "blame". In IPA it is /ˈbleɪmləs/.

What is another word for blameless?

Close synonyms include inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blameless a common word?

blameless is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.