Harmless

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
          --{Harm"less*ly}, adv.- {Harm"less*ness}, n. Harmonic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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