What is another word for detriment?
472 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dˈɛtɹɪmənt], [ dˈɛtɹɪmənt], [ d_ˈɛ_t_ɹ_ɪ_m_ə_n_t]
Detriment refers to something that causes harm or damage to someone or something. There are various synonyms for this word depending on the context. One such synonym is "impairment", which indicates a loss of quality or functionality. Another synonym for detriment is "damage", which suggests destruction or harm caused to something. "Harm" itself is another synonym, which refers to the negative impact of something on someone or something. Additionally, "loss" and "injury" are also synonyms for detriment, both of which indicate damage or harm incurred to someone or something. Other synonyms include "disadvantage", "detrimental effect", "negative impact", and "detrimental outcome".
Synonyms for Detriment:
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n.
• badness- baseness ,
- blackness ,
- depravity ,
- inadvisability ,
- malfeasance ,
- turpitude ,
- unpleasantness ,
- vice ,
- wrongness .
- de privation ,
- de privations ,
- de-privation ,
- de-privations ,
- dis possession ,
- dis possessions ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-possession ,
- dis-possessions ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tresses ,
- divestments ,
- with holding ,
- with holdings ,
- with-holding ,
- with-holdings .
- dis qualification ,
- dis qualifications ,
- dis-qualification ,
- dis-qualifications ,
- in capacities ,
- in capacity ,
- in competencies ,
- in competency ,
- in experience ,
- in experiences ,
- in validities ,
- in validity ,
- in-capacities ,
- in-capacity ,
- in-competencies ,
- in-competency ,
- in-experience ,
- in-experiences ,
- in-validities ,
- in-validity ,
- un fitness ,
- un fitnesses ,
- un-fitness ,
- un-fitnesses .
- adverse circumstance ,
- blockings ,
- dis advantages ,
- dis commodities ,
- dis commodity ,
- dis-advantages ,
- dis-commodities ,
- dis-commodity ,
- fly in ointment ,
- fly ointment ,
- fly the ointment ,
- in adequacies ,
- in adequacy ,
- in convenience ,
- in conveniences ,
- in utilities ,
- in utility ,
- in-adequacies ,
- in-adequacy ,
- in-convenience ,
- in-conveniences ,
- in-utilities ,
- in-utility .
- Repellency ,
- abomination ,
- atrocity ,
- badness ,
- bane ,
- calamitousness ,
- damnation ,
- disgrace ,
- evil ,
- foulness ,
- heinousness ,
- hideousness ,
- monstrosity ,
- nefariousness ,
- offensiveness ,
- reprehensibleness ,
- repulsiveness ,
- sinisterness ,
- terribleness ,
- wickedness .
- banefulnesses ,
- deleteriousnesses ,
- mis chance ,
- mis chances ,
- mis fortune ,
- mis fortunes ,
- mis-chance ,
- mis-chances ,
- mis-fortunes ,
- noxiousnesses ,
- perniciousnesses ,
- sinfulnesses ,
- wear tear .
- black and blue ,
- black and blues ,
- black blue ,
- black blues ,
- dis comfort ,
- dis comforts ,
- dis-comfort ,
- dis-comforts ,
- ill treatment ,
- ill-treatments ,
- illtreatment ,
- illtreatments .
- catch 22 ,
- catch 22's ,
- catch-22's ,
- catch22 ,
- catch22's ,
- de lay ,
- de lays ,
- de-lay ,
- de-lays ,
- dead weights ,
- retardments .
- de formation ,
- de formations ,
- de-formation ,
- de-formations ,
- in dignities ,
- in dignity ,
- in juries ,
- in jury ,
- in-dignities ,
- in-dignity ,
- in-juries ,
- in-jury .
- bad opinions ,
- contemptuousnesses ,
- dis crimination ,
- dis criminations ,
- dis gust ,
- dis gusts ,
- dis pleasure ,
- dis pleasures ,
- dis relish ,
- dis relishes ,
- dis-crimination ,
- dis-criminations ,
- dis-gust ,
- dis-gusts ,
- dis-pleasure ,
- dis-pleasures ,
- dis-relish ,
- dis-relishes ,
- jaundiced eyen ,
- jaundiced eyes ,
- jaundiced eyne ,
- mis judgment ,
- mis judgments ,
- mis-judgment ,
- mis-judgments ,
- narrow mindedness ,
- narrow mindednesses ,
- narrow-mindednesses ,
- narrowmindednesses ,
- one sidedness ,
- pre conception ,
- pre conceptions ,
- pre judgment ,
- pre judgments ,
- pre possession ,
- pre possessions ,
- pre-conception ,
- pre-conceptions ,
- pre-judgment ,
- pre-judgments ,
- pre-possession ,
- pre-possessions ,
- un fairness ,
- un fairnesses ,
- un-fairness ,
- un-fairnesses ,
- xenophobias .
Other synonyms:
- impediment ,
- leak .
- minus .
- handicap .
Other relevant words:
- Defoedation ,
- Delaceration ,
- Divestment ,
- Hobbling ,
- Hurter ,
- Incapacitation ,
- Inquination ,
- Maiming ,
- Marring ,
- Ruinousness ,
- Scath ,
- abuse ,
- adopt ,
- adulteration ,
- affliction ,
- alloy ,
- attain ,
- bad ,
- banal ,
- bankruptcy ,
- befoulment ,
- bereavement ,
- bias ,
- blight ,
- breakage ,
- breakdown ,
- bring ,
- bring in ,
- calamity ,
- canker ,
- catch ,
- choose ,
- clear ,
- collapse ,
- commonplace ,
- constitute ,
- contamination ,
- corruption ,
- cost ,
- crack-up ,
- create ,
- crippling ,
- damage ,
- damagingly ,
- dangerously ,
- debit ,
- defect ,
- defilement ,
- deliver ,
- denial ,
- denudation ,
- deprivation ,
- describe ,
- despoilment ,
- despoliation ,
- destruction ,
- deterioration ,
- detrimentally ,
- develop ,
- difficulty ,
- dilapidation ,
- disability ,
- disablement ,
- disadvantageously ,
- discoloration ,
- disinterest ,
- dispossession ,
- disrepair ,
- disruption ,
- disservice ,
- distress ,
- drawback ,
- drowsy ,
- earn ,
- elevate ,
- emit ,
- encroachment ,
- establish ,
- expense ,
- fetch ,
- flaw ,
- forfeit ,
- forfeiture ,
- furnish ,
- generate ,
- get ,
- grievance ,
- hackneyed ,
- haggard ,
- harm ,
- harmfully ,
- harmfulness ,
- havoc ,
- hindrance ,
- hitch ,
- humdrum ,
- hurdle ,
- hurt ,
- hurtfully ,
- hurting ,
- ill ,
- impair ,
- impairment ,
- induce ,
- infection ,
- infringement ,
- injure ,
- injuriously ,
- injury ,
- inroad ,
- introduce ,
- involve ,
- jaded ,
- leaven ,
- lesion ,
- liability ,
- lose ,
- loser ,
- losing ,
- losing streak ,
- loss ,
- losses ,
- mayhem ,
- misfortune ,
- mutilation ,
- necessitate ,
- obstacle ,
- obstruction ,
- originate ,
- outrage ,
- oxidation ,
- perdition ,
- perversion ,
- poison ,
- poisoning ,
- pollution ,
- prejudice ,
- price ,
- privation ,
- problem ,
- prosaic ,
- prostitution ,
- ravage ,
- robbery ,
- ruin ,
- ruination ,
- ruinously ,
- sabotage ,
- sacrifice ,
- scathe ,
- send ,
- shopsoiled ,
- shopworn ,
- sickening ,
- snag ,
- spoil ,
- spoiling ,
- spoliation ,
- standard ,
- step backward ,
- stripping ,
- stumbling block ,
- suffering ,
- taking away ,
- tamper with ,
- threadbare ,
- timeworn ,
- tired ,
- total loss ,
- toxin ,
- trauma ,
- trite ,
- trouble ,
- unglamorous ,
- unglamourous ,
- venenation ,
- venom ,
- vexation ,
- violate ,
- vitiation ,
- waste ,
- weakening ,
- woe ,
- wreckage ,
- wrong .
- BADS ,
- Banefulness ,
- Contemptuousness ,
- Discommodity ,
- Downs ,
- Retardment ,
- Short circuit ,
- adverse circumstances ,
- bad opinion ,
- boo-boo ,
- boo-boos ,
- booboo ,
- booboos ,
- dead weight ,
- deformation ,
- deformations ,
- deleteriousness ,
- disadvantage ,
- discommodities ,
- encumbrance ,
- failings ,
- fly in the ointment ,
- hangup ,
- ill treatments ,
- ill-treatment ,
- illiberalities ,
- illiberality ,
- inadequacy ,
- incompetency ,
- infirmity ,
- inhibition ,
- inutilities ,
- inutility ,
- invalidities ,
- invalidity ,
- jaundiced eye ,
- leakage ,
- leakages ,
- leakings ,
- millstone ,
- minuses ,
- narrow-mindedness ,
- narrowmindedness ,
- noxiousness ,
- onesidedness ,
- out goings ,
- outgoings ,
- percolation ,
- perniciousness ,
- prejudgment ,
- prejudgments ,
- prohibitions ,
- psychological baggage ,
- racism ,
- retardation ,
- road block ,
- scar ,
- short circuits ,
- sinfulness ,
- sores ,
- withholdings ,
- xenophobia .
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How to use "Detriment" in context?
The word "detriment" typically means a harmful effect on someone or something, and is used in a variety of contexts. For example, a detriment to one's health can be described as a negative outcome from an action or inaction. Detriment can also refer to a negative impact on one's ability to succeed or achieve something.
At its most basic level, detriment means "an adverse change." Detriment can occur in any area of life, from personal development to professional achievement. It can be the result of actions taken or not taken, or of events that happen to someone.
Paraphrases for Detriment:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
impairment.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
brunt, burden, deterioration, devastation, disruption, encroachment, erosion, exclusion, handicap, infringement, injurious, loss, men, prejudice, unfavourable, Endangering, Endangerment, undermining, stresses.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
contempt, cost, damage, disadvantage, disservice, downside, drawback, expense, harm, inconvenience, injury.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Detriment:
n.
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event
harm, damage, impairment.
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event
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