Synonyms of harms

harms 1 of 2

noun

plural of harm

as in damages

something that causes loss or pain

you were lucky to survive the fire without harm

no harm in trying

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damages
• injuries
• detriments
• hurts
• afflictions
• insults
• injustices
• wrongs
• outrages
• affronts
• disabilities
• impairments
• indignities
• disservices
• mayhem
• wounds
• lesions
• darts
• mutilations
• offenses
• scratches
• beatings
• disfigurements
• burns
• scars
• abrasions
• ruptures
• disablements
• bruises
• swellings
• contusions
• lacerations
• defacements
• scrapes
• scalds
• strains
• gashes
• concussions
• cuts
• bumps
• sears
• chafes
• boo-boos
• scathes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recoveries
• remedies
• cures
• fixes

harms

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of harm

1

as in injures

to cause bodily damage to

though she wasn't harmed by the flying glass, she slipped and fell on a piece and cut her hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damages
• injures
• hurts
• wounds
• bruises
• scars
• tortures
• blows out
• tears
• maims
• lacerates
• abuses
• afflicts
• impairs
• cripples
• mutilates
• torments
• grazes
• scalds
• creases
• gores
• nicks
• cuts
• strains
• batters
• bloodies
• mangles
• lames
• hamstrings
• gashes
• maltreats
• scathes
• contuses
• spoils
• scrapes
• mars
• lays up
• aggrieves
• blemishes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fixes
• heals
• cures
• remedies
• mends

2

as in hurts

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

the company's reputation has been harmed by allegations of crooked accounting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damages
• injures
• hurts
• mars
• weakens
• cripples
• compromises
• impairs
• erodes
• spoils
• flaws
• destroys
• disfigures
• undermines
• breaks
• vitiates
• crosses (up)
• defaces
• bloodies
• blemishes
• ruins
• crabs
• wounds
• deteriorates
• shatters
• endamages
• blights
• enfeebles
• enervates
• tarnishes
• demolishes
• tortures
• wrecks
• devastates
• batters
• maims
• wears (away)
• scours
• washes out
• torments
• mutilates
• wastes
• smashes
• dents
• lacerates
• disables
• annihilates
• crushes
• botches
• decimates
• dings
• desolates
• scourges
• gums (up)
• pulverizes
• queers
• clobbers
• mangles
• wipes out
• tears down
• lames
• razes
• bashes
• hamstrings
• totals
• dints
• does in
• bangs up
• dashes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairs
• doctors
• fixes
• helps
• reconstructs
• rebuilds
• mends
• heals
• cures
• reconditions
• remedies
• patches
• renovates
• revamps
• rectifies
• rehabilitates
• improves
• enhances
• enriches
• revises
• edits
• ameliorates
• refines
• perfects
• remodels
• betters
• meliorates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of harms

Noun

Walking after a meal is a great way to stabilize blood sugar and can help offset the harms of sitting. — Allison Aubrey, NPR, 13 July 2026

The addictive design violates the EU’s Digital Services Act, which was designed to curb potential harms from major online platforms, including design elements that lead to addictive behavior. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026

The precise magnitude of harms remains debated, but uncertainty is not an argument for inaction. — Paul Jester, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

Investors have an opportunity to encourage leading companies to reduce harms and strengthen safeguards. — Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Yet even a robust licensing regime cannot remedy all the harms caused by GenAI. — Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026

Public lands grazing is overseen by a nearly century-old system that heavily subsidizes some of the wealthiest Americans while doing little to address its harms to the environment, ProPublica and High Country News found last year. — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 7 July 2026

Critics say Heidelberg Materials, one of the world’s largest cement companies, failed to properly assess and mitigate the potential harms of its plans to create a limestone mine and cement factory in Central Java’s Kendeng Mountains. — ABC News, 3 July 2026

Courts have become the fallback mechanism, but litigation is slow and necessarily built on harms that have already occurred. — Ryan McBain, STAT, 2 July 2026

Verb

Excessive exposure to the sun’s UV rays harms skin in many ways. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Diplomacy, political strategy is dormant as a part of Israel's national security, and that therefore harms the United States. — CBS News, 12 July 2026

But the roads, the water, the forest—these are tended together because their decline harms everyone and their health benefits everyone. — Santiago Gowland, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Alcohol Drinking alcohol often or in large amounts produces toxins, causes oxidative stress, and harms your gut and liver, triggering inflammation. — Brandi Jones, Verywell Health, 6 July 2026

Critics say that the Jones Act harms the shipbuilding industry itself, in that American shipyards are shielded from international competition via its enactment, thus further inflating construction costs. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 July 2026

Uthmeier does deserve credit on other consumer issues, notably involving hospital pricing, artificial intelligence safety and investigating CVS Health over whether its pharmacy benefit manager affiliate harms consumers by improperly favoring CVS drug stores. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026

Excess moisture can cause diseases like damping off, a fungus that harms young seedlings. — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026

Although the company said the facility has achieved environmental excellence, local activists still say Gary Works harms the environment and public health. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026