benign
Definitions
Gentle and kindly.
Not harmful in effect; in medicine, not malignant.
Examples
The doctor assured the patient that the tumor was benign and required no further treatment.
Despite his stern appearance, he had a benign personality and was always kind to others.
The software update included a benign change that simply improved the user interface's color scheme.
Synonyms
Antonyms
harmful malignant hostile deadly virulent pernicious malevolent