Harmless \Harm"less\ (h[aum]rm"l[e^]s), a.
1. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another
harmless.
[1913 Webster]
2. Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent;
inoffensive. " The harmless deer." --Drayton
Syn: Innocent; innoxious; innocuous; inoffensive;
unoffending; unhurt; uninjured; unharmed.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
harmless
adj 1: not causing or capable of causing harm; "harmless bacteria";
"rendered the bomb harmless" [ant: harmful]
2: not injurious to physical or mental health [syn: innocuous]
[ant: noxious]
3: not producing any toxic effects
4: unlikely to harm or disturb anyone; "harmless old man" [syn:
innocuous]
5: not threatening to life or health; not malignant; "a benign
tumor is usually harmless" [syn: nonmalignant]
WordNet (r) 2.0
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "harmless":
benign, bright, dependable, fail-safe, firm, fresh, gentle,
guaranteed, guiltless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, inviolate,
invulnerable, mild, mint, nonmalignant, nonpoisonous, nontoxic,
nonvirulent, painless, pristine, reliable, riskless, safe,
scatheless, sound, stable, steady, trustworthy, unbroken,
unbruised, undamaged, undamaging, undangerous, undefaced,
undeformed, undemolished, undestroyed, unfaded, unharmed,
unhazardous, unhurt, unhurtful, unimpaired, uninjured, uninjurious,
unmaimed, unmangled, unmarked, unmarred, unobnoxious, unoffending,
unperilous, unprecarious, unrisky, unscarred, unscathed,
unscratched, unshattered, unspoiled, untorn, untouched, unwithered,
unworn, virgin, warranteed
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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