Antonyms of adj nonfatal
1 sense of nonfatal
Sense 1
nonfatal (vs. fatal) -- (not bringing death; "nonfatal heart attack")
fatal (vs. nonfatal) -- (bringing death)
=> deadly, deathly, mortal -- (causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness")
=> deadly, lethal -- (of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection")
=> terminal -- (causing or ending in or approaching death; "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer")
Similarity of adj nonfatal
1 sense of nonfatal
Sense 1
nonfatal (vs. fatal) -- (not bringing death; "nonfatal heart attack")
=> nonlethal -- (not capable of causing death)