Synonyms for harmless
ˈhɑrm lɪsharm·less

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1. harmlessadjective

   Antonyms:
   harmful

2. harmlessadjective

   Antonyms:
   harmful

3. harmlessadjective

   Antonyms:
   harmful

4. harmlessadjective

   Antonyms:
   harmful

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1. harmless

   Innocent, in the full sense, signifies not tainted with sin; not having done wrong or violated legal or moral precept or duty; as, an innocent babe. Innocent is a negative word, expressing less than righteous, upright, or virtuous, which imply knowledge of good and evil, with free choice of the good. A little child or a lamb is innocent; a tried and faithful man is righteous, upright, virtuous. Immaculate, pure, and sinless may be used either of one who has never known the possibility of evil or of one who has perfectly and triumphantly resisted it. Innocent is used of inanimate substances in the sense of harmless; as, an innocent remedy, that is, one not dangerous, even if not helpful. Innocent, in a specific case, signifies free from the guilt of a particular act, even tho the total character may be very evil; as, the thief was found to be innocent of the murder. See CANDID; PURE.

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   Synonyms:
   blameless, clean, clear, faultless, guileless, guiltless, immaculate, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, pure, right, righteous, sinless, spotless, stainless, upright, virtuous

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1. harmless

   Synonyms:
   innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, innocent, gentle

   Antonyms:
   nocuous, noxious, hurtful, savage, cruel, deadly, violent, mischievous, destructive, pernicious

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1. harmlessadjective

   not causing or capable of causing harm

   "harmless bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless"

   Antonyms:
   wounding, mischievous, stabbing, damaging, prejudicial, counterproductive, calumniatory, pernicious, insidious, libelous, slanderous, detrimental, bruising, ruinous, deleterious, catastrophic, bad, ill, defamatory, prejudicious, libellous, denigrating, hurtful, subtle, injurious, denigratory, denigrative, calumnious, nocent, harmful, abusive

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1. harmlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   innoxious, innocuous, not hurtful

2. harmlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   inoffensive, unoffending

3. harmlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   uninjured, unhurt, unharmed

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1. harmlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, peaceable, uninjured, unscathed

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1. List of paraphrases for "harmless":

   innocuous, inoffensive, non-hazardous, benign, safe, innocent, helpless, environmentally, non-dangerous

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How to use harmless in a sentence?

1. Jeremy Pearson:

   This study defines ... a comprehensive list of mutations in the titin gene, which of these are associated with dilated cardiomyopathy, and which are harmless.

2. Carlos Eliason:

   We realize that Sacramento River's unpleasant, the earthy taste that some of our customers are experiencing is harmless and can be neutralized by adding some lemon or putting it in the refrigerator.

3. Elvira Swartch Lorenzo:

   The parade helps to normalize slavery as something harmless and inconsequential in the collective imagination, which is completely untrue.

4. Margaret Halsey:

   Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.

5. Harry Browne:

   The income tax is the biggest single intrusion suffered by the American people. It forces every worker to be a bookkeeper, to open his records to the government, to explain his expenses, to fear conviction for a harmless accounting error. Compliance wastes billions of dollars. It penalizes savings and creates an enormous drag on the U.S. economy. It is incompatible with a free society, and we aren’t libertarians if we tolerate it.