Synonyms for culprit
ˈkʌl prɪtcul·prit

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1. culprit

   Synonyms:
   offender, criminal, delinquent, malefactor

   Antonyms:
   example, pattern, model, hero, saint

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1. perpetrator, culpritnoun

   someone who perpetrates wrongdoing

   Synonyms:
   perpetrator

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1. • Wrongdoer

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1. culpritnoun

   Synonyms:
   criminal, malefactor, delinquent, felon

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1. culpritnoun

   Synonyms:
   offender, malefactor, delinquent, criminal sinner

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1. List of paraphrases for "culprit":

   guilty, guilt

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1. Mukaibar Shah:

   Probe should be started against the media that has reported about rising Covid cases in schools to dig out its actual source of funding the program and the culprit behind it.

2. Maggie Moon:

   Holly Phillips said. It's not clear why this happens ; studies suggest that in response to the stress of not getting quality snooze time, there's a reduction in activity in the hypothalamus, the control panel of the brain where body temperature is regulated. A study from the European Journal of Applied Physiology appears to back this up : researchers documented a drop in body temperature in 20 sleep-deprived young adults. Metabolism may be a culprit here as well. When you're fatigued from a restless night, your metabolism works at a more sluggish pace, Holly Phillips said, producing less heat and slower circulation. You're dehydrated Up to 60 percent of the adult human body is water, and water helps regulate body temperature.

3. Jim Pasco:

   I'd say it's unfortunate that rather than keeping their sleeves rolled up and continuing to try to find consensus, that some elected officials have seen fit to try to find a convenient culprit for the predicament they find themselves in.

4. Yeb Sano:

   What is clear is that the common culprit across the globe is the burning of fossil fuels -- coal, oil and gas -- worsened by the cutting down of our forests, what we need to see is our leaders thinking seriously about our health and the climate by looking at a fair transition out of fossil fuels while telling us clearly the level of our air quality, so that steps can be taken to tackle this health and climate crisis.

5. The CDC:

   The bottom line is mosquitoes are the real culprit here.