Synonyms & related words for detrimental

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of detrimental — including damaging, prejudicial, harmful, deleterious, injurious, hurtful. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to detrimental

Explore words related to detrimental — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include unharmful, damagingly, deleteriously, detrimentally, harmfully, detriment, adiaphorous, nocuous. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for detrimental

Common synonyms for detrimental include damaging, prejudicial, harmful, deleterious, injurious, hurtful, pernicious, disadvantageous — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does detrimental come from?

The word detrimental breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root trit-, from Latin tero (“rub, wear”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.