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innocuous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective innocuous has 3 senses
- innocuous(a = adj.all) Array - not injurious to physical or mental health; Array Antonym: noxious
- innocuous(s = adj.all) unobjectionable - not causing disapproval; "it was an innocuous remark"; "confined himself to innocuous generalities"; "unobjectionable behavior"
- innocuous(s = adj.all) innocent - lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"
CIDE DICTIONARY
innocuous, a. [L. innocuus; in- not + nocuus hurtful, fr. nocere to hurt. See Innocent.].
Harmless; producing no ill effect. [1913 Webster]
"A patient, innocuous, innocent man."
"Where the salt sea innocuously breaks."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
innocuous, adj.
1 not injurious; harmless.
2 inoffensive.
1 not injurious; harmless.
2 inoffensive.
Derivative
innocuity n. innocuously adv. innocuousness n.
Etymology
L innocuus (as IN-(1), nocuus formed as INNOCENT)
THESAURUS
innocuous
benign, harmless, homely, humble, humble-looking, humble-visaged, humblest, inglorious, innocent, inoffensive, least, low, lowest, lowliest, lowly, mean, modest, nonmalignant, nonpoisonous, nontoxic, nonvirulent, plain, poor, sapless, simple, small, teachable, undamaging, undistinguished, unhurtful, unimportant, uninjurious, unobnoxious, unoffending, unpretentiousROGET THESAURUS
innocuous
Goodness
N goodness, excellence, merit, virtue, value, worth, price, super-excellence, supereminence, superiority, perfection, coup de maitre, masterpiece, chef d'ouvre, prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, cock of the roost, salt of the earth, champion, prodigy, tidbit, gem, gem of the first water, bijou, precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure, good thing, rara avis, one in a thousand, beneficence, good man, harmless, hurtless, unobnoxious, innocuous, innocent, inoffensive, beneficial, valuable, of value, serviceable, advantageous, edifying, profitable, salutary, favorable, propitious fair, good, good as gold, excellent, better, superior, above par, nice, fine, genuine, best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless, unparagoned, unparalleled, superlatively, good, bully, crackajack, giltedged, superfine, superexcellent, of the first water, first-rate, first-class, high- wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal, standard, inimitable, admirable, estimable, praiseworthy, pleasing, couleur de rose, precious, of great price, costly, worth its weight in gold, worth a Jew's eye, priceless, invaluable, inestimable, precious as the apple of the eye, tolerable, up to the mark, unexceptionable, unobjectionable, satisfactory, tidy, in good condition, in fair condition, fresh, sound, beneficially, well, Jewels five words long, long may such goodness live!, the luxury of doing good.Salubrity
N salubrity, healthiness, fine air, fine climate, eudiometer, hygiene, valetudinarian, valetudinarianism, sanitarian, sanitarium, sanitOrium, salubrious, salutary, salutiferous, wholesome, healthy, healthful, sanitary, prophYlactic, benign, bracing, tonic, invigorating, good for, nutritious, hygeian, hygienic, innoxious, innocuous, innocent, harmless, uninjurious, uninfectious, sanative, restorative, useful.Innocence
N innocence, guiltlessness, incorruption, impeccability, clean hands, clear conscience, mens sibi conscia recti, innocent, lamb, dove, innocent, not guilty, unguilty, guiltless, faultless, sinless, stainless, bloodless, spotless, clear, immaculate, rectus in curia, unspotted, unblemished, unerring, undefiled, unhardened, Saturnian, Arcadian, inculpable, unculpable, unblamed, unblamable, blameless, unfallen, inerrable, above suspicion, irreproachable, irreprovable, irreprehensible, unexceptionable, unobjectionable, unimpeachable, salvable, venial, harmless, inoffensive, innoxious, innocuous, dove-like, lamb-like, pure, harmless as doves, innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn, more sinned against than sinning, virtuous, unreproved, unimpeached, unreproached, innocently, with clean hands, with a clear conscience, with a safe conscience, murus aeneus conscientia sana.
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