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

City leads the league on a maximum 15 points from five games — all of which were played when the club was being accused of those financial breaches. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

The public health agency also said no biological safety breaches or laboratory accidents occurred at the facility. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Deployers of those systems must complete a Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment before deployment, and penalties for violations reach 35 million euros or 7% of global turnover for the most serious breaches. — Eshaan Jain, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

As technologies get smarter and efforts to monitor women accelerate, data breaches from our everyday technologies, like smart devices, become increasingly worrisome. — Sparkle Rainey Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Other teams have been punished for financial breaches but not on this scale. — Matt Piper, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Criminals take usernames and passwords obtained from previous breaches and try the same combinations on other services. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

While Saudi and Emirati investigators have yet to confirm many details from the incident, the initial accounts point to significant security breaches. — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

But with the concerns surrounding high-profile security breaches escalating, and public sentiment toward AI companies turning decidedly sour heading into the November midterm elections, calls for regulation are only likely to grow louder. — Ari Levy, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Verb

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

In April, the EU’s highest court ruled that Orbán-era legislation from 2021 that banned the availability of LGBTQ+ content to minors violates EU law and breaches a foundational treaty guaranteeing respect for human rights and equality. — Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 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

When magma breaches the surface of the Earth, it’s usually called lava. — Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026