Synonyms of breaches

breaches 1 of 2

noun

plural of breach

1

as in infringements

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

• infringements
• violations
• infractions
• contraventions
• transgressions
• trespasses
• offenses
• intrusions
• misdemeanors
• delinquencies
• sins
• wrongs
• disregards
• invasions
• encroachments
• misfeasances
• misprisions
• misconducts
• derelictions
• neglects
• nonobservances

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• observances
• noninfringements

2

as in violations

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

• violations
• crimes
• sins
• felonies
• trespasses
• wrongdoings
• errors
• transgressions
• misdeeds
• debts
• offenses
• misdoings
• malefactions
• infringements
• lawbreakings
• corruptions
• misconducts
• abuses
• misdemeanors
• hate crimes
• foibles
• faults
• bias crimes
• misfeasances
• peccadilloes
• illegalities
• immoralities
• iniquities
• vices
• depravities
• breaks
• falls
• debaucheries
• criminalities
• downfalls
• descents

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noncrimes
• innocences
• moralities
• impeccabilities
• virtues
• irreproachabilities

3

as in gaps

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

• gaps
• holes
• crevices
• cracks
• voids
• rifts
• intervals
• openings
• fissures
• rents
• discontinuities
• interstices
• breaks
• separations
• clefts
• hiatuses
• slits
• gulfs
• fractures
• cavities
• pores
• crannies
• slots
• splits
• chinks
• interspaces
• ruptures
• apertures
• chasms
• orifices
• notches
• abysses
• gapes
• severances

breaches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of breach

as in violates

to fail to keep

a builder being sued by a homeowner for breaching a contract

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violates
• breaks
• contravenes
• fractures
• transgresses
• offends
• infringes (on or upon)
• ignores
• disobeys
• traduces
• rebels
• flouts
• passes over
• disregards
• neglects
• blows off
• brushes (off)
• overlooks
• slights
• resists
• scorns
• dismisses
• winks (at)
• shrugs off
• defies
• tunes out
• withstands
• overpasses
• pooh-poohs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• follows
• conforms (to)
• minds
• obeys
• observes
• yields (to)
• complies (with)
• submits (to)
• serves
• notices
• marks
• regards
• surrenders (to)
• listens (to)
• defers (to)
• hears
• notes
• watches
• attends
• heeds

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of breaches

Noun

Beyond healthcare, other breaches have recently disrupted anything from supermarket chains to core education applications. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Some potential privacy breaches may fall under product safety laws that attorneys general can prosecute under UDAP statutes , Schroeder said, acknowledging the possibility of broader AI legislation coming out of the next Congress. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Removing data broker listings also cannot undo previous data breaches or guarantee that scammers will stop contacting you. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Who gets that access could shape what solutions are prioritized—and what the public knows about future breaches. — Harry Booth, Time, 20 Oct. 2026

Defense Undersecretary Emil Michael, a task force vice chair, will lead an effort to develop protocols for labs to tell the government about breaches, hacks and other cyber issues. — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

For example, researchers reviewing 1,138 breach cases found that almost 10% of patient health data breaches come from unauthorized access by health care employees who forward personally identifying information to personal accounts. — Alex Rosenblat — Calmatters, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026

The judge rejected Bennett’s requests for punitive damages and forfeiture of all the compensation Corcoran received during the period of the breaches, which would have amounted to most of his $10 million in earnings. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026

Despite all the criticism that has pummeled the club since it was found guilty of over 100 charges relating to financial breaches, you could be fooled into thinking nothing was wrong. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

Verb

Eventually, the whale breaches the surface and Jay nearly manages to break free by climbing out of its open mouth. — Megan McCluskey, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

There’s seat-shaking violence in how the whale breaches the surface and slams its weight back down (the crafty sound design is by James Miller) and body horror in its claustrophobic, spongy inner chambers. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Risk and liability Matt Maher, founder of M7 Innovations and a consortium partner with MIT Media Lab, asked who is liable when an AI agent breaches a contract or causes other harm. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

OpenAI announcing that its upcoming AI model, dubbed Astra, breaches certain cybersecurity thresholds and will have throttled-back cyber capabilities when released. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

In a professional firm, a trader who breaches a limit does not reload at two in the morning. — Daniel Schlaepfer, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Wembanyama’s unorthodox combination of height and skill breaches our paradigms. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 9 May 2026

Gas breaches $6 a gallon in California. — Angela Cullen, Bloomberg, 30 Apr. 2026

Her filing says the renaming violates federal statutes, breaches the board’s fiduciary duties and contradicts the trust Congress created after Kennedy’s assassination. — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026