harmless

harmless
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. innocent, innocuous, inoffensive. See innocence, safety, goodness.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [ Usually said of persons ]
Syn. inoffensive, naive, simple; see kind 1 .
2. [ Usually said of things ]
Syn. pure, undefiled, spotless, unblemished, innocent, painless, unoffending, innoxious, navigable, powerless, controllable, manageable, safe, innocuous, not habit-forming, sure, nonirritating, reliable, noninjurious, trustworthy, sanitary, germproof, sound, not hurtful, out of operation, out of gear, inoffensive, sterile, without power, without tendency to harm, inoperative, disarmed; see also gentle 3 , kind 1 , weak 5 , 6 .
Ant. injurious, harmful*, poisonous.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
benign, innocuous, safe, innocent, unoffensive, powerless, impotent, *a pussycat, gentle, *defanged.
ANT.: harmful, deleterious, noxious, injurious
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Devoid of hurtful qualities: hurtless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, unoffensive. See HELP. 2. Free from guilt or blame: blameless, faultless, guiltless, innocent, irreproachable, lily-white, unblamable. Slang: clean. Idiom: in the clear. See RIGHT.

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