Synonyms for detrimental
- adjective
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Adjective
harmful, prejudicial, damaging, injurious, deleterious, bad, hurtful, destructive, disadvantageous, noxious, pernicious, inimical, wrong, mischievous, noisome formal, evil, malicious, sinister, malevolent, malefic, nocuous, unfavorable US, unfavourable UK
Definitions
- adj. 1
Causing damage or harm.
Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.
Example sentences
- harmful There's no denying the harmful effects of smoking.
- damaging Tom didn't even apologize for damaging that thing.
- injurious The argument that smoking is injurious has become accepted.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| detrimental | steady | |
| harmful | steady | |
| damaging | steady | |
| prejudicial | falling | |
| injurious | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- evil2
- 5 letters
- wrong1
- 7 letters
- harmful2, hurtful2, noxious2, malefic, noisome, nocuous
- 8 letters
- damaging3, sinister3, inimical4
- 9 letters
- malicious3, injurious4
- 10 letters
- pernicious3, malevolent4
- 11 letters
- destructive3, unfavorable5, mischievous3, prejudicial4, deleterious5
- 12 letters
- unfavourable
- 15 letters
- disadvantageous5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).