Offense Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-fĕns
An act that offends a person's sense of pride or dignity
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. affront
  2. contumely
  3. despite
  4. indignity
  5. insult
  6. outrage
  7. slight
A misdeed
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. crime
  2. sin
  3. misdemeanor
  4. malfeasance
  5. outrage
  6. transgression
  7. affront
  8. aggression
  9. assault
  10. attack
  11. breach
  12. charge
  13. culpa
  14. delictum
  15. delinquency
  16. discourtesy
  17. displeasure
  18. dudgeon
  19. fault
  20. felony
  21. guilt
  22. huff
  23. indignity
  24. malum
  25. misdeed
  26. misfeasance
  27. offensiveness
  28. onslaught
  29. peccadillo
  30. pique
  31. resentment
  32. offence
  33. tort
  34. trespass
  35. umbrage
  36. veniality
  37. violation
  38. wrong
  39. wrongdoing
  40. offensive activity
Antonyms:
  1. obedience
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An attack
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. attack
  2. assault
  3. aggression
  4. offence
  5. offensive
  6. assailment
  7. attempt
  8. onrush
  9. onset
  10. battery
  11. onslaught
  12. strike
Antonyms:
  1. defense
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A serious breaking of the public law
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. crime
  2. illegality
  3. offence
  4. felony
  5. misdeed
  6. criminal offense
  7. criminal-offence
  8. law-breaking

Words Related to Offense

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Offense Sentence Examples

  • You may take offense or not but I always stick to mother truth.

  • Just two of us.  Um, no offense, but I think you and I should go.

  • No offense, but I'm under the impression the others didn't have a chance to object.

  • Yeah, well no offense taken.

  • No offense, but I did both for Rhyn.

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