offenses

The word “offenses” has 3 syllables: of-fen-ses

It's pronounced as /əˈfɛnsɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for offenses?

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

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


Synonyms for offenses

  • 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 offenses

  • 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 offenses

  • 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 report highlighted various offenses committed by the suspect.Many people were surprised by the range of offenses included in the new law.
  • The judge listed all the offenses before announcing the sentence.
  • Repeat offenses often lead to harsher penalties under the law.
  • The school has strict rules to prevent any offenses related to bullying.

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

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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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