Liberty consists of being able to make everything as harmless as possible.
Source: tatoeba (1868)
Harmless
//ˈhɑːmləs//
Synonyms for "harmless" (80 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (40)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
3 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
10 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 36 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀβλαβής adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- zərərsiz adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Belarusian
2 entries- бясшко́дны adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
- няшко́дны adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Bulgarian
2 entries- безвре́ден adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
- безоби́ден adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Catalan
1 entries- inofensiu adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 無害 /无害 adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Czech
1 entries- neškodný adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Dutch
2 entries- ongevaarlijk adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
- onschadelijk adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Esperanto
1 entries- sendanĝera adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Finnish
1 entries- harmiton adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
French
1 entries- inoffensif adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
German
3 entries- harmlos adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
- ungefährlich adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
- unschädlich adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Hungarian
1 entries- ártalmatlan adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Icelandic
1 entries- meinlaus adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Irish
2 entries- neamhdhíobhálach adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
- neamhurchóideach adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Japanese
1 entries- 無害な adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Kazakh
1 entries- зарарсыз adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Korean
1 entries- 무해의 adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Latin
1 entries- innocuus adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Manx
2 entries- meenieuagh adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
- oney adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Māori
1 entries- māhaki adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Norman
1 entries- innoffensif adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- harmløs adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- زیانسز adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
- ضررسز adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Polish
1 entries- nieszkodliwy adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Portuguese
1 entries- inofensivo adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Romanian
2 entries- inofensiv adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
- nevătămător adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Russian
2 entries- безвре́дный adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
- безоби́дный adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Slovak
1 entries- neškodný adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Spanish
3 entries- benigno adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
- inocuo adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
- inofensivo adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Swedish
2 entries- harmlös adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
- ofarlig adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Turkish
1 entries- zararsız adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Turkmen
1 entries- zyýansyz adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Ukrainian
1 entries- нешкідли́вий adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vô hại adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Welsh
1 entries- diniwed adj (incapable of causing harm or danger)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
There's no need to be frightened of the dog; he is quite harmless.
Source: tatoeba (48211)
The sound was annoying but harmless to the human body.
Source: tatoeba (49441)
This is harmless in itself.
Source: tatoeba (55389)
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