harm - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for harm , a list of similar words for harm from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

the act of damaging something or someone

Synonyms

• damage
• harm
• hurt
• scathe

More generic

• change of integrity

More specific

• burn
• defacement
• defloration
• disfiguration
• disfigurement
• impairment
• mutilation
• wound
• wounding

Noun

the occurrence of a change for the worse

Synonyms

• damage
• harm
• impairment

More generic

• alteration
• change
• modification

More specific

• deformation
• detriment
• distortion
• hurt
• ladder
• ravel
• run

Noun

any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

Synonyms

• harm
• hurt
• injury
• trauma

More generic

• health problem
• ill health
• unhealthiness

More specific

• birth trauma
• bite
• blast trauma
• bleeding
• blunt trauma
• brain damage
• break
• bruise
• bump
• burn
• contusion
• cryopathy
• dislocation
• electric shock
• fracture
• frostbite
• haemorrhage
• hemorrhage
• insect bite
• intravasation
• lesion
• penetrating injury
• penetrating trauma
• pinch
• pull
• rupture
• sting
• strain
• twist
• wale
• weal
• welt
• wheal
• whiplash
• whiplash injury
• wound
• wrench

Verb

cause or do harm to

Synonyms

• harm

More generic

• injure
• wound

More specific

• sicken

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