Antonyms for detrimental
ˌdɛ trəˈmɛn tldetri·men·tal

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1. detrimentaladjective

   Causing damage or harm.

   Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.

   Synonyms:
   harmful, injurious

   Antonyms:
   beneficial

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.3 / 3 votes

1. detrimental

   Pernicious (Latin per, through, and neco, kill) signifies having the power of destroying or injuring, tending to hurt or kill. Pernicious is stronger than injurious; that which is injurious is capable of doing harm; that which is pernicious is likely to be destructive. Noxious (Latin noceo, hurt) is a stronger word than noisome, as referring to that which is injurious or destructive. Noisome now always denotes that which is extremely disagreeable or disgusting, especially to the sense of smell; as, the noisome stench proclaimed the presence of noxious gases.

   Antonyms:
   advantageous, beneficent, beneficial, favorable, good, healthful, helpful, invigorating, life-giving, profitable, rejuvenating, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome

   Synonyms:
   bad, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, evil, foul, harmful, hurtful, injurious, insalubrious, mischievous, noisome, noxious, pernicious, perverting, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, ruinous, unhealthful, unwholesome

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. detrimental

   Antonyms:
   beneficial, profitable, augmentative

   Synonyms:
   injurious, hurtful, pernicious

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. damaging, detrimental, prejudicial, prejudiciousadjective

   (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury

   "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant"

   Antonyms:
   harmless

   Synonyms:
   negative, prejudicial, prejudicious, damaging

How to use detrimental in a sentence?

1. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar:

   I shall have no faith in Rama and Krishna who are believed to be incarnation of God nor shall I worship them. I thereby reject my old religion, Hinduism, which is detrimental to the prosperity of human kind and which discriminates between man and man and which treats me as inferior.

2. Ruben Segura-Cayuela:

   A positive oil shock has a detrimental effect on growth and activity, and could generate some volatility.

3. Van Horn:

   I have to imagine that that would generally speaking be detrimental to landlords.

4. Rowan Sutton:

   It would be naïve to conclude that this is a good thing for Africa, and in future, there are other effects – the rise in temperatures can be detrimental to crops.

5. Antony Blinken:

   In my call today with Director Wang Yi, I made clear that the presence of this surveillance balloon in US airspace is a clear violation of US sovereignty and international law, that it’s an irresponsible act, and that the (People’s Republic of China) decision to take this action on the eve of my planned visit is detrimental to the substantive discussions that we were prepared to have.

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