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harmless

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of harmless

not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt

a perfectly harmless little spider

Synonyms of harmless

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

Words Related to harmless

healthful, healthy, salubrious, wholesome

sound, trustworthy

gentle, gracious, mild

nonthreatening, painless, unobjectionable

noncorrosive, nondestructive, nonfatal, noninfectious, nonlethal, nonpoisonous, nonpolluting, nontoxic, nonvenomous

Near Antonyms of harmless

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

Antonyms of harmless

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

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