harmless

harm·less

adj \ˈhärm-ləs\

Definition of HARMLESS

1

: free from harm, liability, or loss

2

: lacking capacity or intent to injure : innocuous <a harmless joke>

— harm·less·ly adverb

— harm·less·ness noun

Examples of HARMLESS

1. His ideas seem harmless enough.
2. We're just having a bit of harmless fun.
3. It was just a harmless joke.

First Known Use of HARMLESS

14th century

Related to HARMLESS

Synonyms: anodyne, benign, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, safe, white

Antonyms: adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, wicked

Related Words: healthful, healthy, salubrious, wholesome; benignant; sound, trustworthy; gentle, gracious, mild; nonthreatening, painless, unobjectionable; noncorrosive, nondestructive, nonfatal, noninfectious, nonlethal, nonpoisonous, nonpolluting, nontoxic, nonvenomous

Near Antonyms: poisonous, venomous; menacing, ominous, sinister, threatening; hazardous, imperiling (or imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe, unsound; nasty, noisome, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome; offensive, painful, scathing, wounding; deadly, fatal, lethal, ruinous; destructive, insidious, malignant, noxious, pestilent, polluted, tainted

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Rhymes with HARMLESS

armless, charmless