What does "strikebreaking" mean?

Activity intended to disrupt or end a strike without an agreement by workers.

What is a synonym for "strikebreaking"?

Common synonyms include: blackleggery, scabbery.

adj, noun, verb

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Noun

1
Activity intended to disrupt or end a strike without an agreement by workers. uncountable, usually
"The Government dared not hire men to care for its 50,000 head for fear of being accused of strikebreaking."
2
confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers wordnet

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of strikebreak form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1
Of or pertaining to such activity. not-comparable
"Caterpillar's main strikebreaking tactic had been to advertise for permanent replacements."

"The Government dared not hire men to care for its 50,000 head for fear of being accused of strikebreaking."

From strike + breaking or strikebreak + -ing.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.