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
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
See also
Further reading
- “907. malevolence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “harm” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.