Meanings
comparative more environmentally friendly · superlative most environmentally friendly
- Causing lesser, little, or no harm to the environment.
1 more example
"HS2's London tunnels will help ensure many homes and habitats in the capital remain undisturbed. This is a key part of our commitment to deliver Britain's new high-speed railway in the most environmentally friendly way and minimising disruption to our neighbours," said HS2 Ltd Client Director Malcolm Codling.
2020 October 21, “Network News: London tunnel contracts awarded with work to start in 2022”, in Rail, pages 12–13Synonyms: environment-friendly, eco-friendly, ecological, ecologically friendly, green, pollution-free, environment-friendly, eco-friendly
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCausing lesser, little, or no harm to the environment.
Translations
Arabic صَدِيق لِلْبِيئَة
- صَدِيق لِلْبِيئَة (ṣadīq lilbīʔa)causing little harm to the environment
Bengali পরিবেশ বান্ধব
- পরিবেশ বান্ধব (poribeś bandhob)causing little harm to the environment
Chinese Mandarin 環保 /环保
- 環保 /环保 (huánbǎo)causing little harm to the environment
Danish miljøvenlig
- miljøvenligcausing little harm to the environment
Dutch milieuvriendelijk
- milieuvriendelijkcausing little harm to the environment
Finnish ekologinen, ympäristöystävällinen
- ekologinencausing little harm to the environment
- ympäristöystävällinencausing little harm to the environment
French écologique, respectueux de l'environnement
- écologiquecausing little harm to the environment
- respectueux de l'environnementcausing little harm to the environment
German umweltfreundlich
- umweltfreundlichcausing little harm to the environment
Hungarian környezetkímélő, környezetbarát
- környezetkímélőcausing little harm to the environment
- környezetbarátcausing little harm to the environment
Indonesian ramah lingkungan
- ramah lingkungancausing little harm to the environment
Italian ecologico
- ecologicocausing little harm to the environment
Japanese 環境に優しい
- 環境に優しい (kankyō ni yasashī)causing little harm to the environment
Korean 친환경적(親環境的)인
- 친환경적(親環境的)인 (chinhwan'gyeongjeog-in)causing little harm to the environment
Māori tautaiao
- tautaiaocausing little harm to the environment
Norwegian Bokmål miljøvennlig
- miljøvennligcausing little harm to the environment
Polish przyjazny dla środowiska
- przyjazny dla środowiskacausing little harm to the environment
Portuguese ecológico, ecossustentável
- ecológicocausing little harm to the environment
- ecossustentávelcausing little harm to the environment
Russian экологи́чный, экологи́чески чи́стый
- экологи́чный (ekologíčnyj)causing little harm to the environment
- экологи́чески чи́стый (ekologíčeski čístyj)causing little harm to the environment
- экологи́чески безопа́сный (ekologíčeski bezopásnyj)causing little harm to the environment
Spanish ecoamigable, ecosostenible
- ecoamigablecausing little harm to the environment
- ecososteniblecausing little harm to the environment
- ecológicocausing little harm to the environment
Swedish miljövänlig
- miljövänligcausing little harm to the environment
Tagalog makakalikasan
- makakalikasancausing little harm to the environment
Turkish çevre dostu
- çevre dostucausing little harm to the environment
Vietnamese thân thiện với môi trường
- thân thiện với môi trườngcausing little harm to the environment
Welsh ecogyfeillgar
- ecogyfeillgarcausing little harm to the environment
Cite this entry
environmentally friendly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/environmentally%20friendly
“environmentally friendly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/environmentally%20friendly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “environmentally friendly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/environmentally%20friendly.
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