Synonyms and Antonyms of culprit
- the police caught the culprit a mere two blocks from the scene of the crime
evildoer, gallows bird, misdoer, misfeasor, sinner, transgressor, trespasser, villain, wrongdoer
blackhander, button man, gangster, hoodlum, hooligan, mobster, racketeer, thug
enforcer, gun, gunman, gunsel [slang], hit man, triggerman