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nontoxic

ADJECTIVE
harmless
Synonyms
STRONGEST
gentle innocent innocuous inoffensive naive painless powerless simple
WEAK
controllable disarmed guiltless hurtless innoxious inoperative kind manageable nonirritating paper-tiger reliable safe sanitary soft softie sound sure trustworthy unobjectionable unoffensive
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bad damaging experienced harmful strong
WEAK
destructive evil hurtful injurious sinful wicked
ADJECTIVE
safe
Synonyms
STRONGEST
certain clear dependable harmless healthy pure reliable secure
STRONG
innocent sound
WEAK
checked competent decontaminated innocuous innoxious inoffensive neutralized nonpoisonous risk-free riskless tame tried-and-true trustworthy uninjurious unpolluted wholesome
Antonyms
STRONGEST
indefinite irresponsible uncertain undecided unfixed unreliable unsure
WEAK
dangerous exposed harmful incautious poisonous risky unguarded unprotected unsafe unthoughtful vulnerable
ADJECTIVE
unoffensive
Synonyms
WEAK
controllable disarmed gentle guiltless hurtless innocent innocuous innoxious inoffensive inoperative kind manageable naive nonirritating painless paper-tiger powerless reliable safe sanitary simple soft softie sound sure trustworthy unobjectionable

Example Sentences

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First, if I want to buy new, nontoxic, sustainably made living-room furniture, I need to have a clear idea of what I want.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

There’s another nontoxic tactic in play: educating the public to report possible infestations and burn firewood where they buy it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2026

Ceramic nonstick cookware: A popular new class of nonstick cookware, these candy-colored ceramic pans — such as the Instagram-famous Always Pan — are often marketed as nontoxic.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024

The splintered fluorine atoms, the researchers report, are safely sequestered by reacting them with potassium hydride in solution to form potassium fluoride, a nontoxic ingredient in toothpaste.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024

I had no hair to wash, because the shower also dispensed a nontoxic hair-removing solution that I rubbed all over my face and body.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Vocabulary lists containing nontoxic

Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: non-

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