harm

The word “harm” has 1 syllable: harm

It's pronounced as /hɑrm/

What is synonym and antonym for harm?

In the thesaurus, “harm” has 171 synonyms and 53 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for harm along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for harm

abrasion
abuse
afflict
affliction
affront
aggrieve
annihilate
banefulness
bang up
bash
batter
beating
blemish
blight
bloody
blow out
boo-boo
botch
break
bruise
bump
burn
chafe
clobber
compromise
concussion
contuse
contusion
crab
crease
cripple
crippling
crush
cut
damage
dart
dash
decimate
deface
defacement
deleteriousness
demolish
dent
desolate
destroy
deteriorate
detriment
devastate
dilapidate
ding
dint
disability
disable
disablement
discommode
disfigure
disfigurement
disserve
disservice
do in
do violence to
dump on
endamage
enervate
enfeeble
erode
flaw
foul play
gash
get
gore
graze
hamstring
hurt
ill
ill-treat
immorality
impair
impairment
incommode
inconvenience
indignity
infliction
iniquity
injure
injury
injustice
insult
lacerate
laceration
lame
lay up
lesion
loss
louse up
maim
maltreat
mangle
mar
marring
mayhem
mess up
mischance
mischief
misfortune
misuse
molest
muck up
mutilate
mutilation
nick
noxiousness
offence
offense
outrage
perniciousness
prejudice
pulverize
put down
queer
ravage
raze
ruin
ruination
rupture
sabotage
sap
scald
scar
scathe
scour
scourge
scrape
scratch
sear
shatter
shock
sin
sinfulness
smash
spoil
stab
strain
swelling
tarnish
tear
tear down
torment
torture
total
trample
traumatize
tweak
undermine
vandalism
vandalize
vice
violence
vitiate
wash out
waste
weaken
wear and tear
wickedness
wing
wipe out
wound
wreck
wrench
wrong
zing

Antonyms for harm

advantage
aid
ameliorate
approve
assist
benefit
better
blessing
build
care
cure
doctor
edit
enhance
enrich
favor
fix
good
goodness
happiness
heal
healing
help
improve
kindness
lose
make happy
meliorate
mend
patch
perfect
please
pleasure
profit
protect
rebuild
recondition
reconstruct
recovery
rectify
refine
rehabilitate
remedy
remodel
renovate
repair
respect
revamp
revise
strengthen
surrender
virtue
yield

Meanings of harm

noun
1. Physical injury; hurt; damage.
2. Emotional or figurative hurt.
3. Detriment; misfortune.
4. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
verb
1. To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

Example Sentences

Smoking can harm your lungs and overall health.
They took precautions to avoid causing any harm to the environment.
The medicine is safe and will not harm the patient.
It’s important to speak kindly so you don’t harm others’ feelings.
The storm did not harm the buildings in the area.

On this page you'll find 224 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to harm, such as: abrasion, abuse, advantage, afflict, affliction, affront, aggrieve.

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