harmless

Examples

• All

• And because they are nonradioactive, they are harmless to infants and children in the studies.

  Academic text (1994)

• There's no real risk in these harmless endeavors.

  The Minimalists

• Now that sounds pretty harmless, but but here comes the challenge.

• But it was kind of harmless, so to speak, right?

• But I have to say it is quite harmless if you hold it at arm's length.

  The Royal Institution

• We were playing a harmless game, Angry Birds, whatever.

  Dr. Phil

• At first, they may seem harmless.

  Lisa Frankenstein (2024)

• There are transparent and harmless ways to edit user comments on a site.

• Sorry, sidetrack, this seems safe, harmless, at least at first.

• We talked about all manner of things, and a lot of harmless flirtation went on.

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

S

safe

vsharmless

∞ 1.0

Not likely to be harmed or in danger

describes absence of causing harm rather than being protected from harm

I

innocent

vsharmless

86 1.0

Not meant to cause harm or upset

is about being incapable of causing harm rather than intention or guilt

I

innocuous

vsharmless

30 6.5

Unlikely to hurt or upset people

stresses lack of harmful effect rather than just low offensiveness

U

unoffensive

vsharmless

1 3.7

Something that does not upset people and is harmless

concerns not causing harm in general rather than only avoiding offence

U

unoffending

vsharmless

1 4.8

Not making people angry or hurting them

emphasizes lack of ability to harm rather than moral blamelessness

U

undangerous

vsharmless

1 4.1

Safe and not likely to cause harm

focuses on inability to cause harm rather than low probability of harm

U

unhazardous

vsharmless

1 3.1

Not likely to cause danger or harm

refers to lacking capacity to cause harm rather than low risk level

N

nondamaging

vsharmless

1 3.5

Something that does not harm people or things

focuses on inability to cause harm rather than mere absence of damage

N

noninjurious

vsharmless

3.9

Not likely to hurt people, animals, or things

is about lacking power to cause any harm rather than only injury

Antonyms

H

harmful

158 2.6

Causing damage to people, animals or things

Compounds

H

harmless devilment

7.0

Small playful acts that do no real harm

How Harmful

lethal

247 4.8

dangerous

∞ 1.5

harmful

158 2.6

risky

321 3.6

harmless

214 1.0

safe

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology