harmless synonyms

harmless

modif.

  1. Usually said of persons

    inoffensive, naive, simple; see kind 1.

  2. Usually said of things

    pure, undefiled, spotless, unblemished, innocent, painless, unoffending, innoxious, navigable, powerless, controllable, manageable, safe, innocuous, not habit-forming, sure, nonirritating, reliable, noninjurious, trustworthy, sanitary, germproof, sound, not hurtful, out of operation, out of gear, inoffensive, sterile, without power, without tendency to harm, inoperative, disarmed; see also gentle 3, kind 1, weak 5, 6.

    Antonyms injurious, harmful*, poisonous.

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