| Main Entry: | harmless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not injurious or dangerous |
Synonyms: |
controllable, disarmed, gentle, guiltless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, inoperative, kind, manageable, naive, nonirritating, nontoxic, painless, paper-tiger, powerless, pussycat, reliable, safe, sanitary, simple, soft*, softie, sound, sure, trustworthy, unobjectionable, unoffensive |
Antonyms: |
bad, destructive, evil, harmful, hurtful, injurious, sinful, wicked |
| Main Entry: | benign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not cancerous |
Synonyms: |
curable, early stage, harmless, limited, remediable, slight, superficial |
| Notes: | benign refers to a trait or characteristic; benignant to a tendency or disposition |
Antonyms: |
cancerous, malignant |
| Main Entry: | eatable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be consumed |
Synonyms: |
appetizing, comestible, culinary, delicious, delish, dietary, digestible, edible, esculent, fit, good, harmless, kosher*, nutritious, nutritive, palatable, piquant, safe, satisfying, savory, scrumptious, succulent, tasty, tempting, wholesome, yummy* |
Antonyms: |
inedible, undelicious, uneatable, unpalatable, unwholesome |
| Main Entry: | edible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to be eaten |
Synonyms: |
comestible, digestible, eatable, esculent, fit, good, harmless, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, palatable, savory, succulent, tasty, toothsome, wholesome |
Antonyms: |
harmful, inedible, poisonous, unpalatable |
| Main Entry: | healthful/healthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good for one's wellness |
Synonyms: |
advantageous, aiding, aseptic, beneficial, benign, body-building, bracing, cathartic, clean, compensatory, conducive, corrective, desirable, disease-free, energy-giving, fresh, harmless, healing, health-giving, helpful, hygienic, innocuous, invigorating, mitigative, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, profitable, pure, restorative, salubrious, salutary, sanatory, sanitary, stimulating, sustaining, tonic, unadulterated, unpolluted, untainted, useful, wholesome |
Antonyms: |
bad, corrupt, diseased, noxious, rotten, sickening, unhealthful, unhealthy |
| Main Entry: | naive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | childlike, trusting |
Synonyms: |
aboveboard, artless, callow, candid, confiding, countrified, credulous, forthright, frank, fresh, green*, guileless, gullible, harmless, ignorant, impulsive, ingenuous, innocent, innocuous, instinctive, jejune, lamb, like a babe in the woods, natural, open, original, patsy, plain, simple, simple-minded, sincere, spontaneous, square, sucker, unaffected, unjaded, unpretentious, unschooled, unsophisticated, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, untaught, unworldly, virgin, wide-eyed |
Antonyms: |
experienced, leery, skeptical, wise |
| Main Entry: | safe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not dangerous |
Synonyms: |
certain, checked, clear, competent, decontaminated, dependable, harmless, healthy, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, neutralized, nonpoisonous, nontoxic, pure, reliable, risk-free, riskless, secure, sound, tame, trustworthy, uninjurious, unpolluted, wholesome |
Antonyms: |
dangerous, harmful, poisonous, unsafe |
| Main Entry: | tame |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domesticated, compliant |
Synonyms: |
acclimatized, amenable, biddable, bridled, broken, busted, civilized, cultivated, disciplined, docile, domestic, fearless, gentle, gentle as a lamb, habituated, harmless, harnessed, housebroken, kindly, manageable, meek, mild, muzzled, obedient, overcome, pliable, pliant, subdued, submissive, tractable, trained, unafraid, unresisting, yoked |
Antonyms: |
unmanageable, untamed, violent, wild |
| Main Entry: | healthsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healthful |
Synonyms: |
advantageous, aiding, aseptic, beneficial, benign, body-building, bracing, cathartic, clean, compensatory, conducive, corrective, desirable, disease-free, energy-giving, fresh, harmless, healing, health-giving, healthy, helpful, hygienic, innocuous, invig |
| Main Entry: | lily-white |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | innocent |
Synonyms: |
above suspicion, angelic, angelical, chaste, clean, cleanhanded, clear, crimeless, exemplary, faultless, free of, good, guilt-free, guiltless, harmless, honest, immaculate, impeccable, impeccant, in the clear, inculpable, irreproachable, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, not guilty, pristine, pure, pure as the driven snow, righteous, safe, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblamable, unblemished, uncensurable, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable, uninvolved, unoffending, unstained, unsullied, untainted, upright, virginal, virtuous |