Synonyms for harm
- verb
- noun
All synonyms
Verb
damage, hurt, injure, detriment, wrong, abuse, do violence to, affect, do ill, loss, deface, wound, impair, misuse, spoil, prejudice, molest, disadvantage, mar, maul, harrow, scathe dated UK, mayhem dated, maltreat rare, damnify dated, bewound rare, forwork dated, misdo dated, scaith rare UK, vulnerate dated
Noun
1. Injury
injury, disservice, evil, ill, misfortune, trauma, wickedness, mischief dated
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
- n. 1
Physical injury; hurt; damage.
No harm came to my possessions.
Related words
- Phrases
- grievous bodily harm
- Is a kind of
- do evil inflict
Choose the right word
It is possible to abuse a man without harming him, as when the criminal vituperates the judge; or to harm a man without abusing him, as when the witness tells the truth about the criminal.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- hurt I don't want to hurt Tom, but I will if I have to.
- damage The explosion did a lot of damage to the building.
- injure You have to be careful so as not to injure yourself.
- detriment How quickly to my detriment cruel Luck has changed!
- loss Loss of health is more serious than loss of money.
By length
- 3 letters
- ill1, mar1
- 4 letters
- loss1, hurt1, evil2, teen1, maul1
- 5 letters
- wrong1, abuse2, wound1, spoil1, misdo
- 6 letters
- damage2, injury3, affect2, trauma2, misuse2, mayhem2, injure2, harrow2, impair2, molest2, deface2, scathe, scaith
- 7 letters
- damnify, bewound, forwork
- 8 letters
- mischief2, maltreat
- 9 letters
- prejudice3, detriment3, vulnerate
- 10 letters
- impairment3, misfortune3, disservice3, wickedness3
- 12 letters
- disadvantage4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- léser
- Español
- perjudicar
- Català
- perjudicar