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offense
Overview of noun offense
The noun offense has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity -- (a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others)
2. (1) umbrage, offense, offence -- (a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question")
3. (1) misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, offence, offense, violation, infringement -- (a crime less serious than a felony)
4. offense, offence -- (the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score)
5. offense, offence, offensive -- (the action of attacking an enemy)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun offense
5 senses of offense
Sense 1
discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity
=> behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
umbrage, offense, offence
=> anger, choler, ire
=> emotion
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, offence, offense, violation, infringement
=> crime, law-breaking
=> transgression, evildoing
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
offense, offence
=> team, squad
=> unit, social unit
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
offense, offence, offensive
=> operation, military operation
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun offense
3 of 5 senses of offense
Sense 1
discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity
=> derision, ridicule
=> indelicacy
=> insolence
=> insult, affront
=> presumption
=> rebuff, slight
Sense 3
misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, offence, offense, violation, infringement
=> disorderly conduct, disorderly behavior, disturbance of the peace, breach of the peace
=> false pretense, false pretence
=> indecent exposure, public nudity
=> perjury, bearing false witness, lying under oath
=> sedition
Sense 5
offense, offence, offensive
=> counteroffensive
=> dirty war
=> rollback, push back
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun offense
5 senses of offense
Sense 1
discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity
=> behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings
Sense 2
umbrage, offense, offence
=> anger, choler, ire
Sense 3
misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, offence, offense, violation, infringement
=> crime, law-breaking
Sense 4
offense, offence
=> team, squad
Sense 5
offense, offence, offensive
=> operation, military operation
Antonyms of noun offense
1 of 5 senses of offense
Sense 4
offense, offence
Antonym of defense (Sense 1)
=>defense, defence, defending team
Member Holonyms of noun offense
Substance Holonyms of noun offense
Part Holonyms of noun offense
Member Meronyms of noun offense
Substance Meronyms of noun offense
Part Meronyms of noun offense
Meronyms of noun offense
Holonyms of noun offense
Attributes of noun offense
Derived Forms of noun offense
Domain of noun offense
Domain Terms of noun offense
Familiarity of noun offense
offense used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun offense
5 senses of offense
Sense 1
discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity
> behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings
=> aggression
=> bohemianism
=> dirty pool
=> dirty tricks
=> discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity
=> easiness
=> the way of the world, the ways of the world
Sense 2
umbrage, offense, offence
> anger, choler, ire
=> fury, rage, madness
=> infuriation, enragement
=> umbrage, offense, offence
=> indignation, outrage
=> huffiness
=> dander, hackles
=> bad temper, ill temper
=> annoyance, chafe, vexation
Sense 3
misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, offence, offense, violation, infringement
> crime, law-breaking
=> barratry
=> capital offense
=> cybercrime
=> felony
=> forgery
=> fraud
=> Had crime
=> hijack, highjack
=> mayhem
=> misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, offence, offense, violation, infringement
=> perpetration, commission, committal
=> attack, attempt
=> Tazir crime
=> statutory offense, statutory offence, regulatory offense, regulatory offence
=> thuggery
=> treason, high treason, lese majesty
=> vice crime
=> victimless crime
=> war crime
Sense 4
offense, offence
> team, squad
=> A-team
=> battery
=> flying squad
=> major-league team, major-league club
=> minor-league team, minor-league club
=> baseball team
=> basketball team, five
=> football team, eleven
=> hockey team
=> junior varsity, JV
=> varsity, first team
=> second string
=> police squad
=> powerhouse
=> offense, offence
=> defense, defence, defending team
=> hit squad
=> section
=> little-league team
=> crew
Sense 5
offense, offence, offensive
> operation, military operation
=> combined operation
=> maneuver, manoeuvre, simulated military operation
=> campaign, military campaign
=> naval campaign
=> mission, military mission
=> support, reinforcement, reenforcement
=> attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
=> offense, offence, offensive
=> peacekeeping, peacekeeping mission, peacekeeping operation
=> amphibious operation
=> information gathering
=> psychological operation, psyop
=> covert operation
HAS INSTANCE=> Meuse, Meuse River, Argonne, Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne, Meuse-Argonne operation
HAS INSTANCE=> Operation Desert Storm
Meronyms of noun offense
5 senses of offense
Sense 4
offense, offence
=> team, squad
HAS MEMBER: stringer
HAS PART: bench
=> unit, social unit
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Holonyms of noun offense
Grep of noun offense
capital offense
offense
regulatory offense
sex offense
statutory offense
Grep of adj offense
offenseless
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