Synonyms of harmless
9 similar words · 4 opposite words
Another word for harmless is innocuous. Other synonyms of harmless are innocent, unharmful, nonharmful, undamaging and nonthreatening. The opposite of harmless is harmful.
Synonyms and similar words for harmless
adjectiveIncapable of causing harm or danger; safe.
- unharmfulNot harmful.
- nonharmfulNot harmful.
- benign
- innocuousHarmless; producing no ill effect.
- innocentNot harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.
- undamagingNot causing damage.
- nonthreateningNot threatening; not presenting a threat.
- unthreateningNot threatening.
adjectiveUnharmed.
- unscathedNot harmed or damaged in any way; untouched.
Opposite of harmless
adjectiveIncapable of causing harm or danger; safe.
- harmfulCausing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
- deleterious
- damagingCausing damage; harmful, injurious.
- threatening
Meaning of harmless
- adjective Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.
- adjective Not intended to harm; inoffensive.
- adjective Unharmed.
harmless in other languages
Questions about synonyms of harmless
- What is another word for harmless?
- Harmless has 9 synonyms on Word.ws, such as innocuous, innocent, unharmful, nonharmful, undamaging, nonthreatening and unthreatening.
- What is the opposite of harmless?
- The opposite of harmless is harmful. Other antonyms of harmless are damaging.
- What does harmless mean?
- Harmless means incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: harmless (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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