| Main Entry: | inoffensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not obnoxious; harmless |
Synonyms: |
calm, clean, friendly, humble, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, mild, neutral, nonprovocative, peaceable, pleasant, quiet, retiring, safe, unobjectionable, unobtrusive, unoffending |
Antonyms: |
damaging, harmful, malicious, offensive, provocative |
| 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: | innocent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmless, naive |
Synonyms: |
artless, childlike, credulous, frank, fresh, guileless, gullible, hurtless, ignorant, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocuous, innoxious, inobnoxious, inoffensive, offenseless, open, raw, safe, simple, soft, square, unacquainted, unartificial, uncool, unfamiliar, unhurtful, uninjurious, unmalicious, unobjectionable, unoffensive, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied, unsuspicious, unworldly, well-intentioned, wellmeant, wide-eyed, youthful |
Antonyms: |
cunning, experienced, impure, knowledgeable |
| Main Entry: | innocuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmless |
Synonyms: |
banal, bland, flat, innocent, innoxious, inobnoxious, inoffensive, insipid, jejune, kind, painless, safe, sapless, unobjectionable, unoffending, weak |
Antonyms: |
bad, damaging, destructive, harmful, hurtful, injurious |
| Main Entry: | politically correct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | socially acceptable |
Synonyms: |
PC, PC, considerate, diplomatic, gender-free, inclusive, inoffensive, liberal, multicultural, multiculturally sensitive, nondiscriminatory, nonracist, nonsexist, politic, political correctness, political views bias-free, respectful, sensitive, sensitive to other |
| 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: | euphemistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | polite |
Synonyms: |
affected, delicate, euphemious, extenuative, figurative, indirect, inoffensive, metaphorical, mild, refined, softened, vague |
| Main Entry: | unoffensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmless |
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 |