offences

The word “offences” has 3 syllables: of-fenc-es

It's pronounced as /əˈfɛnsɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for offences?

In the thesaurus, “offences” has 161 synonyms and 31 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for offences along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for offences

  • abuses
  • affronts
  • aggravations
  • aggressions
  • agitations
  • air raids
  • ambuscades
  • ambushes
  • angers
  • annoyances
  • assaults
  • attacks
  • attempts
  • barbs
  • barrages
  • bias crimes
  • blitzes
  • blitzkriegs
  • bombardments
  • bombings
  • botherations
  • bothers
  • breaches
  • breaks
  • breakthroughs
  • brickbats
  • cannonades
  • catcalls
  • charges
  • corruptions
  • counter-aggressions
  • counter-assaults
  • counter-attacks
  • counter-strikes
  • counteraggressions
  • counterassaults
  • counterattacks
  • counteroffensives
  • counterstrikes
  • coups de main
  • crimes
  • criminalities
  • criticisms
  • cuts
  • danders
  • darts
  • debaucheries
  • debts
  • depravities
  • descents
  • digs
  • disapprovals
  • discomforts
  • dises
  • disgraces
  • dishonors
  • displeasures
  • disses
  • distresses
  • disturbances
  • downfalls
  • dudgeons
  • envelopments
  • epithets
  • errors
  • exasperations
  • falls
  • faults
  • felonies
  • fits
  • foibles
  • forays
  • frustrations
  • fusillades
  • gibes
  • girds
  • griefs
  • hails
  • hate crimes
  • huffs
  • illegalities
  • immoralities
  • incursions
  • indignations
  • indignities
  • infringements
  • iniquities
  • insults
  • invasions
  • invectives
  • ires
  • irritations
  • jeers
  • jibes
  • knocks
  • lawbreakings
  • malefactions
  • miffs
  • misconducts
  • misdeeds
  • misdemeanors
  • misdoings
  • misfeasances
  • mocks
  • names
  • offensives
  • onsets
  • onslaughts
  • opprobriums
  • outrages
  • peccadilloes
  • peccadillos
  • peeves
  • personalities
  • perturbations
  • pets
  • pillages
  • piques
  • pokes
  • pouts
  • put-downs
  • quips
  • raids
  • ravages
  • resentments
  • rushes
  • sacks
  • sallies
  • salvoes
  • salvos
  • sarcasms
  • shames
  • sieges
  • sins
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slights
  • slurs
  • sneers
  • sorties
  • storms
  • strikes
  • sulks
  • swipes
  • tantrums
  • taunts
  • tempers
  • tizzies
  • torments
  • tortures
  • transgressions
  • trespasses
  • umbrages
  • upsets
  • vexations
  • vices
  • violations
  • vituperations
  • volleys
  • whammies
  • wrongdoings

Antonyms for offences

  • acclaim
  • accolades
  • adulations
  • appeasements
  • applauses
  • commendations
  • compliments
  • contentments
  • defenses
  • defensives
  • delights
  • flatteries
  • gratifications
  • guards
  • impeccabilities
  • innocences
  • irreproachabilities
  • mollifications
  • moralities
  • noncrimes
  • oppositions
  • pacifications
  • pleasures
  • praises
  • protections
  • resistances
  • satisfactions
  • securities
  • shelters
  • shields
  • virtues

Meanings of offences

  • noun
    1. The act of offending:.
    2. The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.
    3. A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; contrasted with defense.
    4. The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; contrasted with defense.

Example Sentences

  • The judge reviewed all the offences before passing the final verdict.
  • Some minor offences can be resolved with a fine rather than jail time.
  • The school has a zero-tolerance policy for any offences related to bullying.
  • Repeat offences will lead to harsher penalties for the defendant.
  • The government has introduced new laws to reduce cyber offences.

On this page you'll find 192 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to offences, such as: abuses, acclaim, accolades, adulations, affronts, aggravations, aggressions.

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Related Words

gaffes

  • bloomers
  • bloopers
  • blunders
  • bobbles
  • boners
  • boo-boos
  • boobs
  • bricks
  • clangers
  • clinkers
  • discourtesies
  • errors
  • familiarities
  • faults
  • faux pas
  • flubs
  • fluffs
  • foul-ups
  • fumbles
  • gaffs
  • goofs
  • howlers
  • improprieties
  • inaccuracies
  • incivilities
  • indiscretions
  • lapses
  • misapprehensions
  • miscalculations
  • miscomprehensions
  • misconceptions
  • misconstructions
  • miscues
  • misdescriptions
  • misimpressions
  • misinterpretations
  • misjudgments
  • misreadings
  • misstatements
  • missteps
  • mistakes
  • misunderstandings
  • muffs
  • offences
  • offenses
  • oversights
  • pratfalls
  • screwups
  • slips
  • slipups
  • snafus
  • solecisms
  • stumbles
  • trips

gaffs

  • bamboozles
  • beats
  • beguiles
  • betrays
  • bilks
  • bitches
  • bleeds
  • bloomers
  • bloopers
  • bluffs
  • blunders
  • bobbles
  • boners
  • boo-boos
  • boobs
  • bricks
  • buffaloes
  • burns
  • catches
  • cheats
  • chisels
  • chouses
  • clangers
  • clinkers
  • clips
  • cons
  • cozens
  • deceives
  • defrauds
  • deludes
  • diddles
  • discourtesies
  • does
  • does a number on
  • does in
  • double-crosses
  • dupes
  • errors
  • euchres
  • exploits
  • extorts
  • fakes out
  • familiarities
  • fast-talks
  • faults
  • faux pas
  • fiddles
  • fleeces
  • flimflams
  • flubs
  • fluffs
  • fools
  • foul-ups
  • fumbles
  • gaffes
  • gammons
  • goofs
  • gouges
  • gulls
  • has
  • has on
  • hoaxes
  • hoodwinks
  • hornswoggles
  • hoses
  • howlers
  • humbugs
  • hustles
  • improprieties
  • inaccuracies
  • incivilities
  • indiscretions
  • juggles
  • kids
  • lapses
  • leads one down the garden path
  • leads one up the garden path
  • milks
  • misapprehensions
  • miscalculations
  • miscomprehensions
  • misconceptions
  • misconstructions
  • miscues
  • misdescriptions
  • misguides
  • misimpressions
  • misinforms
  • misinterpretations
  • misjudgments
  • misleads
  • misreadings
  • misstatements
  • missteps
  • mistakes
  • misunderstandings
  • muffs
  • mulcts
  • nicks
  • nobbles
  • offences
  • offenses
  • overcharges
  • oversights
  • plucks
  • pratfalls
  • puts on
  • reams
  • rips off
  • rooks
  • screws
  • screwups
  • sells a bill of goods to
  • shakes down
  • shortchanges
  • shorts
  • skins
  • skunks
  • slips
  • slipups
  • snafus
  • snookers
  • snows
  • soaks
  • solecisms
  • spoofs
  • squeezes
  • sticks
  • stiffs
  • stings
  • strings along
  • stumbles
  • suckers
  • sucks in
  • swindles
  • takes for a ride
  • takes in
  • takes to the cleaners
  • teases
  • thimblerigs
  • tricks
  • trips
  • victimizes
  • wrenches
  • wrests
  • wrings

names

  • Christian names
  • Potemkin villages
  • VIPs
  • abuses
  • accepts
  • adjudges
  • adjudicates
  • admirations
  • adopts
  • advertises
  • affectations
  • affronts
  • agname
  • agnomen
  • airs
  • alias
  • aliases
  • announce
  • announces
  • anoints
  • appearances
  • appellation
  • appellations
  • appellatives
  • appoint
  • appoints
  • arbitrates
  • arranges
  • assigns
  • attaches
  • attacks
  • authorizes
  • autograph
  • autonym
  • banners
  • baptismal names
  • baptize
  • baptizes
  • barbs
  • barons
  • big name
  • big shots
  • bigwigs
  • binomials
  • brand
  • brand names
  • brands
  • brickbats
  • brings up
  • broaches
  • broadcasts
  • bynames
  • call
  • calls
  • catcalls
  • causes celebres
  • celeb
  • celebrities
  • celebs
  • character
  • characterize
  • characters
  • cherry-picks
  • chews over
  • chooses
  • christen
  • christens
  • cite
  • cites
  • clarifies
  • classify
  • clepes
  • cloaks
  • code-names
  • cogitates
  • cognomen
  • cognomens
  • cognomina
  • cognominate
  • commission
  • commissions
  • compellation
  • compellations
  • concludes
  • connote
  • consecrates
  • considers
  • constitutes
  • contemplates
  • coordinates
  • creates
  • credit
  • credits
  • criticisms
  • crowns
  • cryptonyms
  • culls
  • cuts
  • darts
  • debates
  • decides
  • declare
  • declares
  • decrees
  • define
  • delegate
  • delegates
  • deliberates
  • demigods
  • demonstrations
  • denominate
  • denominates
  • denomination
  • denominations
  • denotations
  • denote
  • denotes
  • deputes
  • deputizes
  • designate
  • designates
  • designation
  • designations
  • destines
  • details
  • determines
  • dignitaries
  • digs
  • diminutives
  • disapprovals
  • dises
  • disgraces
  • disguises
  • dishonors
  • displays
  • disses
  • drafts
  • drops
  • dub
  • dubs
  • effects
  • elect
  • elects
  • elucidates
  • embraces
  • eminence
  • eminences
  • entertainer
  • entertains
  • enthrones
  • entitle
  • entitles
  • epithet
  • epithets
  • eponym
  • espouses
  • establishes
  • esteem
  • explains
  • explicates
  • exteriors
  • facades
  • faces
  • fames
  • family names
  • favorites
  • fictions
  • figures
  • finds
  • first names
  • fixes
  • flag
  • forenames
  • fronts
  • gibes
  • girds
  • give a handle
  • given names
  • glosses
  • guises
  • handle
  • handles
  • handpicks
  • head
  • heading
  • headliner
  • heartthrobs
  • hero
  • heroes
  • hints
  • honor
  • honors
  • hypocorisms
  • icons
  • identify
  • idols
  • ikons
  • images
  • imitations
  • immortals
  • implications
  • implies
  • impostures
  • impressions
  • inaugurates
  • index
  • indicates
  • indignities
  • inducts
  • infers
  • infiltrates
  • insinuates
  • insinuations
  • installs
  • instance
  • instances
  • instates
  • institutes
  • insults
  • intends
  • interjects
  • interpolates
  • interposes
  • intimates
  • introduces
  • invectives
  • invests
  • jeers
  • jibes
  • judges
  • kahunas
  • knocks
  • label
  • labels
  • lights
  • likenesses
  • lion
  • list
  • luminaries
  • luminary
  • magnates
  • maiden names
  • make
  • make-belief
  • make-believe
  • makes
  • mark
  • marks
  • masks
  • masquerades
  • matronymic
  • matronymics
  • meditates
  • megastars
  • mention
  • mentions
  • middle names
  • miscalls
  • misnames
  • misnomers
  • mistitles
  • mocks
  • moguls
  • monickers
  • moniker
  • monikers
  • monogram
  • monomials
  • monuments
  • nabobs
  • namesake
  • nickname
  • nicknames
  • nom de guerre
  • nom de plume
  • nomen
  • nomenclature
  • nomenclatures
  • nominate
  • nominates
  • noms de guerre
  • noms de plume
  • notabilities
  • notability
  • notable
  • notables
  • note
  • notes
  • notices
  • notorieties
  • odors
  • offences
  • offenses
  • opprobriums
  • opts
  • orchestrates
  • ordains
  • outrages
  • outwards
  • panjandra
  • panjandrums
  • patinae
  • patinas
  • patronymic
  • patronymics
  • peg
  • pen name
  • pen names
  • personae
  • personages
  • personalities
  • personality
  • personas
  • pet name
  • picks
  • pillars
  • pin down
  • place name
  • places
  • point to
  • pokes
  • ponders
  • poses
  • praise
  • prefers
  • prenomen
  • preselects
  • pretences
  • pretenses
  • proclaims
  • pronounces
  • proper name
  • pseudonym
  • pseudonyms
  • publicizes
  • publishes
  • put down for
  • put finger on
  • put tag on
  • put-downs
  • questions
  • quips
  • quotes
  • rechristens
  • recognize
  • refer to
  • referees
  • regards
  • relabels
  • remark
  • renames
  • renown
  • renowns
  • rep
  • report
  • reports
  • representations
  • reps
  • reputation
  • reputations
  • repute
  • reputes
  • resemblances
  • resolves
  • reverences
  • rubric
  • rubrics
  • rules
  • ruminates
  • sarcasms
  • seemings
  • select
  • selects
  • semblances
  • sets
  • settles
  • shames
  • shapes
  • shells
  • shows
  • sign
  • signals
  • signature
  • signifies
  • signify
  • simulations
  • single out
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slights
  • slot
  • slurs
  • sneers
  • sobriquet
  • sobriquets
  • somebodies
  • somebody
  • soubriquets
  • sounds
  • specifies
  • specify
  • spells out
  • stage name
  • standouts
  • star
  • stars
  • stigmatizes
  • studies
  • style
  • styles
  • suggest
  • suggestions
  • suggests
  • superstar
  • superstars
  • surfaces
  • surname
  • surnames
  • swipes
  • tab
  • tabs
  • tag
  • tags
  • takes
  • tap
  • taps
  • taunts
  • term
  • terms
  • thrones
  • ticket
  • title
  • titles
  • torments
  • tortures
  • trade name
  • trade names
  • trademarks
  • trivial names
  • umpires
  • veneers
  • vernaculars
  • vituperations
  • weighs
  • worms
  • worthies

umbrages

  • affronts
  • aggravations
  • agitations
  • angers
  • annoyances
  • barbs
  • botherations
  • bothers
  • brickbats
  • danders
  • digs
  • discomforts
  • displeasures
  • distresses
  • disturbances
  • dudgeons
  • exasperations
  • fits
  • frustrations
  • griefs
  • huffs
  • indignations
  • indignities
  • insults
  • ires
  • irritations
  • miffs
  • offences
  • offenses
  • outrages
  • peeves
  • perturbations
  • pets
  • piques
  • pouts
  • put-downs
  • resentments
  • slaps
  • slights
  • slurs
  • sulks
  • tantrums
  • tempers
  • tizzies
  • upsets
  • vexations

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