Synonyms of breach

breach 1 of 2

noun

ˈbrēch 

1

as in violation

a failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation

the president's deliberate misstatements were widely seen as a breach of the public trust

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violation
• infringement
• offence
• contravention
• trespass
• infraction
• transgression
• offense
• misconduct
• misdemeanor
• disregard
• ignoring
• invasion
• sin
• misfeasance
• intrusion
• forgetting
• neglect
• wrong
• encroachment
• delinquency
• nonobservance
• overlooking
• misprision
• dereliction

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• observance
• respecting
• noninfringement
• upholding

2

as in offence

a breaking of a moral or legal code

cheating on the exam was a serious breach of the military academy's honor code

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violation
• offence
• crime
• sin
• trespass
• felony
• wrongdoing
• debt
• transgression
• error
• misdeed
• sinfulness
• offense
• lawbreaking
• misdoing
• infringement
• misconduct
• malefaction
• misfeasance
• misdemeanor
• hate crime
• abuse
• fault
• corruption
• foible
• break
• illegality
• criminality
• bias crime
• unlawfulness
• immorality
• vice
• wickedness
• iniquity
• peccadillo
• licentiousness
• depravity
• lawlessness
• debauchery
• downfall
• fall
• iniquitousness
• descent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• innocence
• virtue
• morality
• blamelessness
• righteousness
• impeccability
• goodness
• noncrime
• guiltlessness
• faultlessness
• virtuousness
• irreproachability

3

as in gap

an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)

the cat got out of the yard through a breach in the hedge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gap
• hole
• crevice
• rift
• opening
• void
• crack
• interval
• break
• discontinuity
• fissure
• rent
• separation
• gulf
• hiatus
• interstice
• cleft
• slit
• split
• cavity
• fracture
• rupture
• chasm
• slot
• pore
• aperture
• orifice
• cranny
• abyss
• notch
• chink
• severance
• interspace
• sundering
• gape

breach

2 of 2

verb

as in to violate

to fail to keep

a builder being sued by a homeowner for breaching a contract

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violate
• break
• contravene
• transgress
• fracture
• infringe (on or upon)
• offend
• disobey
• ignore
• disregard
• traduce
• neglect
• blow off
• pass over
• rebel
• flout
• slight
• tune out
• brush (off)
• overlook
• resist
• dismiss
• withstand
• scorn
• defy
• shrug off
• wink (at)
• pooh
• overpass
• pooh-pooh

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• follow
• conform (to)
• comply (with)
• obey
• observe
• serve
• mind
• submit (to)
• yield (to)
• notice
• hear
• listen (to)
• regard
• mark
• surrender (to)
• attend
• defer (to)
• note
• watch
• heed

Examples of breach in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Comcast and Truist Bank customers stung by debt collection company’s data breach. —John Kell, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024

That seven-minute video after the breach shows medics working on someone in an ambulance. —Lomi Kriel, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2024

Verb

Piers Morgan cleared of breaching broadcast regulations over controversial Meghan Markle comments According to Morgan, he was subsequently contacted by lawyers for the celebrity duo, and has taken their advice to heart. —Christian Holub, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024

MedTech companies rarely breach into the consumer space. —Jim Pursley, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024