Antonyms for in nocuous
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : ih-nok-yoo-uh s |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈnɒk yu əs |
- able
- adequate
- alive
- animate
- appetizing
- aware
- bad
- blamable
- bright
- broken
- bubbly
- capable
- competent
- corrupt
- cunning
- damaging
- dangerous
- delicious
- destructive
- dexterous
- diseased
- dishonest
- effective
- effectual
- effervescent
- efficient
- elevated
- evil
- exciting
- exhilarating
- experienced
- expert
- exposed
- fit
- fruitful
- guilty
- harmful
- hurtful
- impure
- incautious
- indefinite
- injurious
- intelligent
- interesting
- irresponsible
- knowledgeable
- leery
- lively
- living
- malicious
- noxious
- offensive
- original
- pleasing
- poisonous
- potent
- powerful
- productive
- profitable
- provocative
- pungent
- raised
- risky
- rotten
- rough
- rounded
- rugged
- sharp
- sickening
- sinful
- skeptical
- skillful
- smart
- sophisticated
- spicy
- spirited
- strong
- successful
- sufficient
- tasty
- uncertain
- unclear
- undecided
- uneven
- unfixed
- unguarded
- unhealthful
- unhealthy
- unprotected
- unreliable
- unsafe
- unsure
- unthoughtful
- untrusting
- useful
- valuable
- vulnerable
- wicked
- wise
- worthwhile
- worthy
- yummy
Definition of in nocuous
Origin :- 1590s, from Latin innocuus "harmless," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + nocuus "hurtful," from root of nocere "to injure, harm," from *nok-s-, suffixed form of PIE root *nek- "death" (see necro-). Related: Innocuously; innocuousness.
- As in inane : adj stupid
- As in ineffective/ineffectual : adj weak, useless
- As in innocent : adj harmless, naive
- As in innocuous : adj harmless
- As in inoffensive : adj not obnoxious; harmless
- As in insipid : adj dull, uninteresting
- As in naive : adj childlike, trusting
- As in safe : adj not dangerous
- As in vapid : adj flat, dull
- As in ineffective : adj useless
- As in jejune : adj immature
- As in healthsome : adj healthful
- As in inefficacious : adj ineffectual
- As in unoffensive : adj harmless
- As in washy : adj insipid
- As in waterish : adj insipid
- As in flat : adj dull, lackluster to the senses
- As in harmless : adj not injurious or dangerous
- As in healthful/healthy : adj good for one's wellness
Synonyms for in nocuous
- abortive
- aboveboard
- absurd
- advantageous
- aiding
- anemic
- anticlimactic
- arid
- artless
- aseptic
- asinine
- banal
- barren
- beige
- beneficial
- benign
- blah
- bland
- blind
- body-building
- bootless
- boring
- bracing
- callow
- calm
- candid
- cathartic
- certain
- characterless
- checked
- childish
- childlike
- clean
- clear
- colorless
- commonplace
- compensatory
- competent
- conducive
- confiding
- controllable
- corrective
- countrified
- credulous
- daft
- dead
- decontaminated
- defeasible
- dependable
- desirable
- dim
- disarmed
- disease-free
- distasteful
- drab
- draggy
- driveling
- dry
- dull
- emasculate
- empty
- energy-giving
- fatuous
- feckless
- feeble
- flat
- flat tire
- flavorless
- foolish
- forceless
- forthright
- frank
- fresh
- friendly
- frivolous
- fruitless
- futile
- gentle
- green
- guileless
- guiltless
- gullible
- harebrained
- harmless
- healing
- health-giving
- healthy
- helpful
- ho hum
- ho-hum
- humble
- hurtless
- hygienic
- idiotic
- idle
- ignorant
- illogical
- imbecilic
- impotent
- impulsive
- inadequate
- inane
- incompetent
- indecisive
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inefficacious
- inefficient
- inept
- inexperienced
- inferior
- ingenuous
- innocent
- innocuous
- innoxious
- inobnoxious
- inoffensive
- inoperative
- insipid
- instinctive
- invertebrate
- invig
- invigorating
- jejune
- juvenile
- kind
- lamb
- lame
- laughable
- lead balloon
- least
- lifeless
- like a babe in the woods
- limited
- limp
- manageable
- matte
- meager
- meaningless
- mild
- milk-and-water
- Milquetoast
- mindless
- mitigative
- monotonous
- mundane
- muted
- naive
- namby-pamby
- natural
- nebbish
- neutral
- neutralized
- no go
- no way
- nonirritating
- nonpoisonous
- nonprovocative
- nontoxic
- not effective
- nothing
- nourishing
- nowhere
- nugatory
- null
- null and void
- nutritious
- nutritive
- offenseless
- open
- ordinary
- original
- painless
- paltry
- paper-tiger
- patsy
- peaceable
- plain
- pleasant
- pointless
- powerless
- profitable
- prosaic
- prosy
- puerile
- pure
- pussycat
- quiet
- raw
- reliable
- restorative
- retiring
- ridiculous
- risk-free
- riskless
- safe
- salubrious
- salutary
- sanatory
- sanitary
- sapless
- sappy
- savorless
- secure
- senseless
- silly
- simple
- simple-minded
- sincere
- slack-spined
- slight
- soft
- softie
- sound
- spineless
- spiritless
- spontaneous
- square
- stale
- sterile
- stimulating
- stupid
- subdued
- sucker
- sure
- sustaining
- tame
- tasteless
- tedious
- tenuous
- thin
- tired
- tiresome
- tonic
- trifling
- trite
- trustworthy
- unable
- unacquainted
- unadulterated
- unaffected
- unappetizing
- unartificial
- unavailable
- unavailing
- uncool
- unexciting
- unfamiliar
- unfruitful
- unhurtful
- unimaginative
- uninjurious
- uninspiring
- unintelligent
- uninteresting
- unjaded
- unmalicious
- unobjectionable
- unobtrusive
- unoffending
- unoffensive
- unpalatable
- unpolluted
- unpretentious
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unsavory
- unschooled
- unseasoned
- unsophisticated
- unstudied
- unsuccessful
- unsuspecting
- unsuspicious
- untainted
- untaught
- unworldly
- useful
- useless
- vacant
- vacuous
- vain
- vanilla
- vapid
- virgin
- void
- washy
- watered-down
- waterish
- watery
- weak
- weariful
- wearisome
- well-intentioned
- wellmeant
- whitebread
- wholesome
- wide-eyed
- wishy-washy
- withered
- worthless
- youthful
- zero
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