offense

/əfˈɛns/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
2. a feeling of anger caused by being offended
   “he took offence at my question”
3. a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right
4. the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
5. the action of attacking an enemy

Synonyms for offense

• discourtesy
• offence
• offensive activity
• umbrage
• offensive

Antonyms of offense

• defense

Words that rhyme with offense

• defense
• defence
• sense
• tense
• condense
• fence
• pretense
• dense
• expense
• incense
• recompense
• commence
• dispense
• hence
• intense
• suspense
• thence
• commonsense
• frankincense
• immense
• whence
• antisense
• bence
• ferenc
• hense
• nondefense
• nunsense
• pence
• pense
• spence