Synonyms for misdemeanor
- noun
- American English
Most common
crime delinquency trespass transgression violation infraction
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Crime — any act of misbehavior
crime, offense US, offence UK, delinquency, trespass, transgression, misdeed, misconduct, misbehavior US, misbehaviour UK, malfeasance, error, sin, tort, wrong, fault, delict, peccadillo, malefaction, misdoing, tortfeasance, indiscretion
2. Violation
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Any act of misbehavior.
- n. 2
A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.
charged with a misdemeanor
Related words
- Other spellings
- misdemeanour UK
Forms
- Plural
- misdemeanors → crimes, offenses, delinquencies, trespasses…
Example sentences
- crime In Singapore, it is a crime to spit on the ground.
- trespass It was foolish of him to trespass against the law.
- delinquency Recently juvenile delinquency has been on the rise.
- transgression Plagiarism is a serious transgression of academic ethics.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| misdemeanor | falling | |
| crime | rising | |
| trespass | falling | |
| delinquency | falling | |
| transgression | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sin1
- 4 letters
- tort1
- 5 letters
- wrong1, crime1, fault1, error2
- 6 letters
- delict
- 7 letters
- offense2, offence, badness2, misdeed2
- 8 letters
- trespass2, misdoing
- 9 letters
- violation4
- 10 letters
- misconduct3, infraction3, peccadillo
- 11 letters
- delinquency4, malfeasance3, misbehavior4, malefaction
- 12 letters
- infringement3, indiscretion4, misbehaviour, tortfeasance
- 13 letters
- transgression3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (error2 = 2 syllables).