175 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ əfˈɛns], [ əfˈɛns], [ ə_f_ˈɛ_n_s]

Similar words for offence:

• act (noun)
• discourtesy (noun)
• displeasure (noun)
• infraction (noun)
• infringement (noun)
• misdemeanor (noun)
• misdemeanour (noun)
• offense (noun)
• other relevant words (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for offence

Hypernyms for offence

Hyponyms for offence

Synonyms for Offence:

• n.

  • act (noun)
  • offense,
  • offensive,
  • offence.
  • discourtesy (noun)
  • discourtesy.
  • displeasure (noun)
  • displeasure.
  • infraction (noun)
  • infraction.
  • infringement (noun)
  • infringement.
  • misdemeanor (noun)
  • misdemeanor.
  • misdemeanour (noun)
  • misdemeanour.
  • offense (noun)
  • assault,
  • charge,
  • onslaught,
  • strike,
  • invasion.

• v.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)
  • deed,
  • insult,
  • attack.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • trash-talk,
  • name calling.
  •
  • snub.
  •
  • jibe.
  •
  • kiss off,
  • slight.
  •
  • swipe,
  • slur.
  •
  • name.
  •
  • cut.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • trespass,
  • WRONGFUL ACT,
  • boo-boo,
  • harm,
  • sin,
  • boob,
  • damage,
  • delinquency,
  • disgrace,
  • dereliction,
  • affront,
  • atrocity,
  • rape,
  • depreciation,
  • disrepute,
  • discredit,
  • villainy,
  • sacrilege,
  • faux pas,
  • outrage,
  • Delict,
  • dishonour,
  • humiliation,
  • irreverence,
  • injustice,
  • wrongdoing,
  • loss of face,
  • thrust,
  • impairment,
  • ire,
  • ignominy,
  • take umbrage,
  • illegality,
  • contumely,
  • scandal,
  • crime,
  • howler,
  • tort,
  • intrusion,
  • abuse,
  • fall from grace,
  • shame,
  • indignity,
  • derogation,
  • gaffe,
  • malpractice,
  • iniquity,
  • blemish,
  • defect,
  • disesteem,
  • indiscretion,
  • evil,
  • vice,
  • insolence,
  • barb,
  • slander,
  • resentment,
  • failure,
  • foible,
  • desecration,
  • misconduct,
  • umbrage,
  • violation,
  • error,
  • censure,
  • reproach,
  • foe,
  • obloquy,
  • misfeasance,
  • offend,
  • rebuff,
  • criticism,
  • disparagement,
  • wound,
  • indelicacy,
  • Peccancy,
  • lapse,
  • dudgeon,
  • blunder,
  • onset,
  • indignation,
  • devilry,
  • maltreatment,
  • oversight,
  • injury,
  • flagitiousness,
  • drive,
  • fault,
  • shot,
  • aspersion,
  • annoyance,
  • injure,
  • Malum,
  • rudeness,
  • deviation,
  • slap,
  • boner,
  • profanation,
  • mistreatment,
  • Misdoing,
  • mistake,
  • disobedience,
  • gaucherie,
  • criminal act,
  • scorn,
  • wrong,
  • impiety,
  • unpleasantness,
  • disrespect,
  • malfeasance,
  • criminal offence,
  • felony,
  • slip,
  • mayhem,
  • cold shoulder,
  • aggression,
  • be enraged,
  • dig,
  • hurt,
  • rebuke,
  • goof,
  • be angered,
  • Malefaction,
  • enemy,
  • breach,
  • peccadillo,
  • guilt,
  • encroachment,
  • put-down,
  • offensive activity,
  • sneer,
  • anger,
  • ravishment,
  • libel,
  • lawlessness,
  • mischief,
  • transgression,
  • misdeed,
  • reprimand,
  • misbehaviour,
  • belittlement,
  • battery,
  • defamation,
  • push,
  • law-breaking,
  • reproof,
  • detraction,
  • wickedness.

Paraphrases for Offence:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    offense, offenses.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    offense, transgression.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    wrongdoing.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    crime.
  • Proper noun, singular
    crime, violation, violations, infractions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    crime, infraction, misdemeanor, snub, violation.
  • Verb, past tense
    crime.

• Independent

  • Foreign word
    delicto.
  • Adjective
    committed, offensive, punishable, non-compliance, criminalized.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Records, Standards, actions, instruments, offenders.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    accusation, contempt, conviction, criminalisation, criminalization, felon, felony, guilt, incrimination, insult, malfeasance, misconduct, offender, offending, offensive, penalty, perpetration, perpetrator, prosecution, punishment, qualification, recidivism, sentence, Delict, non-compliance, delicti, reoffending, re-offending.
  • Verb, past tense
    committed, considered, Carried.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    infringement, violative.
  • Proper noun, singular
    contravention, infringement, breaches, infringements, contraventions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    affront, contravention, infringement.

Hypernym for Offence:

• n.

  • act
    rollback, dirty war, counteroffensive, push back.

Hyponym for Offence:

• n.

  • act
    operation, military operation.
  • group
    team, squad.