What is another word for harmless?
Synonyms for harmless
ˈhɑrm lɪsharm·less
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
harmless
Innocent, in the full sense, signifies not tainted with sin; not having done wrong or violated legal or moral precept or duty; as, an innocent babe. Innocent is a negative word, expressing less than righteous, upright, or virtuous, which imply knowledge of good and evil, with free choice of the good. A little child or a lamb is innocent; a tried and faithful man is righteous, upright, virtuous. Immaculate, pure, and sinless may be used either of one who has never known the possibility of evil or of one who has perfectly and triumphantly resisted it. Innocent is used of inanimate substances in the sense of harmless; as, an innocent remedy, that is, one not dangerous, even if not helpful. Innocent, in a specific case, signifies free from the guilt of a particular act, even tho the total character may be very evil; as, the thief was found to be innocent of the murder. See CANDID; PURE.
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Synonyms:
blameless, clean, clear, faultless, guileless, guiltless, immaculate, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, pure, right, righteous, sinless, spotless, stainless, upright, virtuous
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
harmless
Synonyms:
innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, innocent, gentleAntonyms:
nocuous, noxious, hurtful, savage, cruel, deadly, violent, mischievous, destructive, pernicious
Princeton's WordNet
harmlessadjective
not causing or capable of causing harm
"harmless bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless"
Antonyms:
wounding, mischievous, stabbing, damaging, prejudicial, counterproductive, calumniatory, pernicious, insidious, libelous, slanderous, detrimental, bruising, ruinous, deleterious, catastrophic, bad, ill, defamatory, prejudicious, libellous, denigrating, hurtful, subtle, injurious, denigratory, denigrative, calumnious, nocent, harmful, abusive
Dictionary of English Synonymes
harmlessadjective
Synonyms:
innoxious, innocuous, not hurtfulharmlessadjective
Synonyms:
inoffensive, unoffendingharmlessadjective
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "harmless":
innocuous, inoffensive, non-hazardous, benign, safe, innocent, helpless, environmentally, non-dangerous
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#234 | right | |
#907 | clear | |
#1286 | safe | |
#1809 | clean | |
#3337 | pure | |
#3966 | stainless | |
#7271 | innocent | |
#8075 | gentle | |
#11671 | upright | |
#12350 | environmentally | |
#14453 | harmless | |
#15433 | righteous | |
#17979 | benign | |
#19578 | helpless | |
#23443 | immaculate | |
#31891 | virtuous | |
#33751 | spotless | |
#48630 | innocuous | |
#66929 | blameless | |
#76731 | faultless | |
#90306 | sinless | |
#94739 | inoffensive | |
#121187 | guiltless | |
#166083 | guileless |
How to use harmless in a sentence?
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown:
The penalties in the federal system need to be much more conveyed to people to discourage this idea that this is a harmless, mostly clerical administrative violation of the federal system, it is blood money. You are getting the guns... to someone that will harm someone.
Don't underestimate people by how they look, i have a grandmother in her late 80s - tiny, churchgoing, harmless - who is an absolute killer at the Monopoly table. She turns into somebody else.
A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. (from Mostly Harmless)
Stop wasting jail space on prostitutes, drug users and other victimless criminals. Even if we find it morally acceptable to imprison these people for choices they make regarding their bodies, we must realize that we simply cannot afford to continue clogging the court system and the prison system with these harmless criminals.
Spotting in locations such as Singapore where the hobby is less understood, the biggest challenge is posed by the security, even as one is clearly and visibly harmless near an airport, security personnel tend to insist that one moves on and not spot or photograph airplanes.
Translations for harmless
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- inofensiuCatalan, Valencian
- neškodnýCzech
- unschädlich, ungefährlich, harmlosGerman
- inocuo, inofensivoSpanish
- بی آزارPersian
- harmitonFinnish
- inoffensifFrench
- neamhurchóideach, neamhdhíobhálachIrish
- ártalmatlanHungarian
- 無害Japanese
- ongevaarlijkDutch
- nieszkodliwyPolish
- inofensivoPortuguese
- безвре́дный, безоби́дный, безвредныйRussian
- ofarligSwedish
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