Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "harm" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

heal help

Derived Terms

actual bodily harm do more harm than good do no harm grievous bodily harm harm a fly harm a hair on someone's head harm principle harm reduction harm's way harmable harmdoing harmer harmful harmless harmproof no harm done nonharm number needed to harm repeated bodily harm self-harm unharmed wouldn't harm a fly

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

alteration change change of integrity do evil health problem ill health inflict injure modification unhealthiness wound

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

bruise burn contuse cut deface disable do draw blood elt kill reinjure run down scotch scrape scratch stab tear vuln wing wrench wring

Manner Of

injure

Related Terms

harmful injury

Related Terms

damage dangerous detriment disadvantage do do damage hurt injury intention misfortune prejudice

Synonym Network

damage detriment injure injury mischief scathe wrong

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.