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BENEFITS Antonyms

There are 17 antonyms of the word benefits. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For BENEFITS

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liabilities
nounn
noun

• anything that is owed to someone else

detriments
nounn
noun

• a damage or loss

disadvantages
nounn
noun

• the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position

verb

• put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm

downsides
nounn
noun

• a negative aspect of something that is generally positive

drawbacks
nounn
noun

• the quality of being a hindrance

hindrances
nounn
noun

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

negatives
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features

• expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

• not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition

• reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive

noun

• a reply of denial

• a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed

adjective satellite

• having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant

• less than zero

• designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions

• having a negative charge

• involving disadvantage or harm

verb

• vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

pitfalls
nounn
noun

• an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty

• a trap in the form of a concealed hole

shortcomings
nounn
noun

• a failing or deficiency

detriment
nounn
noun

• a damage or loss

disadvantage
nounn
noun

• the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position

verb

• put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm

encumbrance
nounn
noun

• an onerous or difficult concern

• a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

harm
verb, nounv, n
noun

• any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

• the occurrence of a change for the worse

• the act of damaging something or someone

verb

• cause or do harm to

hindrance
nounn
noun

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

malefic
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having or exerting a malignant influence

nuisance
nounn
noun

• (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

• something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

obstacle
nounn
noun

• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

• an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)

Alternatives for LIABILITIES

Alternatives for DETRIMENTS

Alternatives for DISADVANTAGES

Alternatives for DOWNSIDES

Alternatives for DRAWBACKS

Alternatives for HINDRANCES

Alternatives for NEGATIVES

Alternatives for PITFALLS

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