Thesaurus:harm

Thesaurus

harm

English

Verb

Sense: to cause damage to something

Synonyms

• abuse
• annoy    [⇒ thesaurus] (archaic)
• bewound
• damage
• damnify (obsolete)
• dere (UK dialect, archaic)
• do damage to
• do for (UK)
• do ill
• do violence to
• forwork (archaic)
• grieve (archaic)
• harm
• harrow
• hurt    [⇒ thesaurus]
• injure
• maul
• misdo (archaic)
• put someone in hospital (UK)
• scaith (Scotland)
• scathe
• vulnerate (archaic)
• wet    [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
• wound

Antonyms

• heal
• repair    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• bruise
• burn    [⇒ thesaurus]
• contuse
• cut    [⇒ thesaurus]
• deface    [⇒ thesaurus]
• disable    [⇒ thesaurus]
• do
• draw blood
• elt
• kill    [⇒ thesaurus]
• maul
• reinjure
• run down
• scathe
• scotch
• scrape
• scratch
• stab    [⇒ thesaurus]
• tear
• vuln (heraldry)
• wing
• wrench
• wring

Hypernyms

• do evil    [⇒ thesaurus]
• inflict

Coordinate terms

• hurt    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:injury
• Thesaurus:harmful

Further reading

• “907. malevolence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “harm” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.