nonthreatening

Examples

• All

• Songwriting activities can provide young adults an outlet for expression and a nonthreatening forum for sharing feelings.

  Academic text (2015)

• Honest responses from participants are requested from the moderator, who immediately attempts to establish a nonthreatening atmosphere.

  Academic text (1992)

• It's incredibly nonthreatening when you introduce yourself as a guy who works at a library.

  Blog text (20)

• And Fred is just... is beautiful and elegant and nonthreatening.

  Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance (2020)

• Lawyers should consider the kinds of bad news they might have to deliver, then practice in a nonthreatening environment of peers.

  Academic text (1995)

• I also love the idea of e-church offering a nonthreatening environment.

  Blog text (32)

• The discussions during and after a presentation provided a nonthreatening environment in which ideas were encouraged rather than judged.

  Academic text (1998)

• Because liking cats makes a guy seem nonthreatening, harmless, sensitive, even.

  Cat Person (2023)

• Creative improvisation activities, particularly those that are perceived by students as easy and nonthreatening, are critical for teaching students the necessary skills of risk-taking and experimentation.

  Academic text (2014)

• The teacher created a nonthreatening atmosphere in the classroom to help students feel safe to express their thoughts.

Synonyms

I

innocuous

vsnonthreatening

30 6.5

Unlikely to hurt or upset people

stresses not causing fear or intimidation as its main point

I

inoffensive

vsnonthreatening

5 3.2

Not likely to upset or annoy people

highlights absence of threat or fear rather than merely avoiding offence

U

unthreatening

vsnonthreatening

4 3.2

Not causing fear and looking harmless

emphasizes general lack of threat or intimidation rather than other risks

U

unoffensive

vsnonthreatening

1 3.7

Something that does not upset people and is harmless

is about not causing fear or intimidation rather than only offense

U

unmenacing

vsnonthreatening

4.6

Not looking or sounding dangerous

focuses more broadly on not causing fear or harm

U

unintimidating

vsnonthreatening

4.1

A person or thing that people can approach without feeling scared

centers on avoiding fear or intimidation rather than just comfort

U

unoffending

vsnonthreatening

4.8

Not making people angry or hurting them

speaks more narrowly to avoiding fear or intimidation

N

nonoffensive

vsnonthreatening

3.5

Does not attack or harm and serves only to defend

focuses on not causing fear or intimidation rather than intent alone

N

nonhostile

vsnonthreatening

4.3

Calm and not threatening to others

covers lack of threat and also absence of aggressive intent

U

undangerous

vsnonthreatening

4.1

Safe and not likely to cause harm

adds that it also avoids causing fear or intimidation, not just harm

U

unalarming

vsnonthreatening

3.2

Not causing fear or worry

is similar but stresses lack of threat or intimidation specifically

N

noncoercive

vsnonthreatening

6.8

Not involving force, threats, or pressure to make someone do something

is concerned with not causing fear or intimidation more generally

N

nonabusive

vsnonthreatening

5.1

Without hurtful words or actions toward other people

focuses on avoiding fear or intimidation rather than abuse specifically

N

non-malignant

vsnonthreatening

4.1

Not trying to hurt or upset someone

emphasizes not producing fear or intimidation in others

N

nonabrasive

vsnonthreatening

3.9

Gentle in manner and tone, not likely to offend

is about avoiding fear or intimidation rather than tone alone

N

non-intrusive

vsnonthreatening

4.5

Not causing trouble or interrupting what people do

relates instead to not provoking fear or intimidation in people

Antonyms

T

threatening

65 3.6

Showing that something bad or dangerous may happen

How Threatening

threatening

65 3.6

dangerous

∞ 1.5

worrying

6 2.0

nonthreatening

4 3.8

harmless

231 1.0

Surface Forms

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Etymology