Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun harm

3 senses of harm

Sense 1
injury, hurt, harm, trauma -- (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)
       => ill health, unhealthiness, health problem -- (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)

Sense 2
damage, harm, impairment -- (the occurrence of a change for the worse)
       => change, alteration, modification -- (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago")

Sense 3
damage, harm, hurt, scathe -- (the act of damaging something or someone)
       => change of integrity -- (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb harm

1 sense of harm

Sense 1
harm -- (cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system")
       => injure, wound -- (cause injuries or bodily harm to)

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