Synonyms & related words for injurious

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of injurious — including deleterious, hurtful, harmful, detrimental, damaging, pernicious. 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 injurious

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

Synonyms for injurious

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

Where does injurious come from?

The word injurious breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root jur-, from Latin ius (“law, right”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.