[syn: innocent, innocuous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Innocuous \In*noc"u*ous\, 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. --Burton.
-- In*noc"u*ous*ly, adv. -- In*noc"u*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
Where the salt sea innocuously breaks. --Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
innocuous
adj 1: not injurious to physical or mental health [ant:
noxious]
2: not causing disapproval; "it was an innocuous remark";
"confined himself to innocuous generalities";
"unobjectionable behavior" [syn: innocuous,
unobjectionable]
3: lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"
[syn: innocent, innocuous]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, unpretentious