HARMLESS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HARMLESS?

Need another word that means the same as “harmless”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “harmless” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Harmless” are: safe, innocuous, benign, gentle, mild, wholesome, non-poisonous, inoffensive, unobjectionable, unexceptionable, unoffending, tame

Harmless as an Adjective

Definitions of "Harmless" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “harmless” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Inoffensive.
• Not causing or capable of causing harm.
• Not able or likely to cause harm.

Synonyms of "Harmless" as an adjective (12 Words)

benign	Kindness of disposition or manner. Her face was calm and benign.
gentle	Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy. A vein of gentle irony.
innocuous	Not harmful or offensive. It was an innocuous question.
inoffensive	Substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one. A quiet inoffensive man.
mild	Humble in spirit or manner suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness. Mild winters.
non-poisonous	Safe to eat.
safe	Financially safe. You will be safe here.
tame	Very docile- Langston Hughes. A tame Christmas party.
unexceptionable	Not open to objection, but not particularly new or exciting. The unexceptionable belief that society should be governed by law.
unobjectionable	Not objectionable. Unobjectionable behavior.
unoffending	Not causing offence; harmless.
wholesome	Conducive to or suggestive of good health and physical well-being. Wholesome attitude.

Usage Examples of "Harmless" as an adjective

• As an entertainer, he's pretty harmless.
• Harmless bacteria.
• Rendered the bomb harmless.
• The venom of most spiders is harmless to humans.

Associations of "Harmless" (30 Words)

acceptable	Meeting requirements. Acceptable English usage.
acquit	Conduct oneself or perform in a specified way. They acquitted themselves of their charge with vigilance.
angel	In traditional Christian angelology a being of the lowest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy. I know I m no angel.
blameless	Free of guilt; not subject to blame. He led a blameless life.
chastity	Abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows. Vows of chastity.
cherub	A representation of a cherub in Western art depicted as a chubby healthy looking child with wings. A wistful cherub of eighteen months photographed at her playgroup.
decent	Decently clothed. A decent wage.
flawless	Without a flaw. A British accent that was almost flawless.
guiltless	Free from evil or guilt. People are forever criticizing the service and I am not myself guiltless in this.
honest	Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent. Good honest food.
innocence	The state, quality, or fact of being innocent of a crime or offence. The healthy bloom in her cheeks gave her an aura of innocence.
innocent	The young children killed by Herod after the birth of Jesus (Matt. 2:16). A street quite innocent of bookshops.
innocuous	Not injurious to physical or mental health. Confined himself to innocuous generalities.
inoffensive	Not objectionable or harmful. Inoffensive behavior.
irreproachable	Beyond criticism; faultless. His private life was irreproachable.
naivete	Innocence or unsophistication. His greatest fault was his political naïvet.
naturalness	The likeness of a representation to the thing represented. Engineers strove to increase the naturalness of recorded music.
ok	An expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence. Things are okay.
permissible	Permitted; allowed. Permissible behavior in school.
pristine	Clean and fresh as if new; spotless. A pristine white shirt.
profess	Practice as a profession teach or claim to be knowledgeable about. The terrorists professed allegiance to their country.
purist	An adherent of Purism. The production has yet to offend Gilbert and Sullivan purists.
purity	A woman’s virtue or chastity. White roses represent purity and innocence.
safe	Financially safe. A safe trip.
sheer	Cause to sheer. I put up the new curtains and sheers.
sinless	Free from sin. The sinless life of Christ.
unexceptionable	Not open to objection, but not particularly new or exciting. A judge s ethics should be unexceptionable.
unimpeachable	Free of guilt; not subject to blame. An unimpeachable witness.
unobjectionable	Not objectionable. The ends are unobjectionable it s the means that one can t accept.
virtuous	Having or showing high moral standards. She considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked.