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harmless
Overview of adj harmless
The adj harmless has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) harmless -- (not causing or capable of causing harm; "harmless bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless")
2. innocuous, harmless -- (not injurious to physical or mental health)
3. harmless -- (not producing any toxic effects)
4. harmless, innocuous -- (unlikely to harm or disturb anyone; "harmless old man")
5. harmless, nonmalignant -- (not threatening to life or health; not malignant; "a benign tumor is usually harmless")
Antonyms of adj harmless
5 senses of harmless
Sense 1
harmless (vs. harmful)
harmful (vs. harmless)
=> abusive
=> bad
=> bruising
=> deleterious, hurtful, injurious
=> calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous
=> catastrophic, ruinous
=> counterproductive
=> damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudicious
=> ill
=> insidious, pernicious, subtle
=> mischievous
=> nocent
=> stabbing, wounding
Sense 2
innocuous (vs. noxious), harmless
Sense 3
harmless
INDIRECT (VIA nontoxic) -> toxic
Sense 4
harmless, innocuous
INDIRECT (VIA safe) -> dangerous, unsafe
Sense 5
harmless, nonmalignant
INDIRECT (VIA benign) -> malign
Similarity of adj harmless
5 senses of harmless
Sense 1
harmless (vs. harmful)
=> innocent, innocuous
=> inoffensive, unoffending
Also See> benign#2, benignant#1; innocuous#1, harmless#2; nontoxic#1, atoxic#1; painless#2; safe#1
Sense 2
innocuous (vs. noxious), harmless
=> innoxious
=> inoffensive, uncontroversial
=> insipid
Also See> harmless#1
Sense 3
harmless
=> nontoxic (vs. toxic), atoxic
Sense 4
harmless, innocuous
=> safe (vs. dangerous)
Sense 5
harmless, nonmalignant
=> benign (vs. malign), benignant
Pertainyms of adj harmless
Attributes of adj harmless
Domain of adj harmless
1 of 5 senses of harmless
Sense 5
harmless, nonmalignant
TOPIC>(noun) pathology#1
Domain Terms of adj harmless
Familiarity of adj harmless
harmless used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj harmless
harmless
Grep of adv harmless
harmlessly
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