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harmfulness Synonyms

Another word for harmfulness

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• noun (Context 1)

The quality or state of causing or being capable of causing injury, damage, or adverse effects.

Usage Example

"The public health study evaluated the relative injuriousness of various industrial pollutants on local waterways."

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injuriousness
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destructiveness
noxiousness
perniciousness
toxicity
virulence
malignity

Opposites of harmfulness

The opposite of harmfulness shifts depending on context. Common opposites include:

harmlessness
innocuousness
safety
benignity
wholesomeness
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• Nearby Words

harm
harmful
harmfully
harmfulness
harmless
harmlessly
harmlessness

Cite this Entry

Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Harmfulness. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/harmfulness
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