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Forbid

🔄 Synonyms of "Forbid"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
precludeverb	(transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
forestallverb	(transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
preventverb	(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
proscribeverb	(transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
prohibitverb	(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
vetonoun	A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
interdictnoun	(transitive) To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
forecloseverb	(transitive, law) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.
disallowverb	To refuse to allow.

↔️ Antonyms of "Forbid"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
countenancenoun	Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
allowverb	(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
permitverb	(transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
letverb	(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Forbid"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
proscribeverb	(transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
prohibitverb	(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
vetoverb	(transitive) To use a veto against.
disallowverb	To refuse to allow.
precludeverb	(transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
preventverb	(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
forestallverb	(transitive) To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
forecloseverb	(transitive, law) To repossess a mortgaged property whose owner has failed to make the necessary payments; used with on.
interdictverb	(transitive) To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
banningnoun	The act by which something is banned; a prohibition.
denyverb	(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
prohibitionnoun	A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
excludeverb	(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
preventionnoun	(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
outlawverb	A fugitive from the law.
forgiveverb	(transitive) To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
prohibited	Forbidden; banned; unallowed.
banned	Forbidden; not allowed.
banverb	(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
injunctverb	(law, transitive) To put an injunction against. (Used both of the party who applies for the injunction and of the judge who grants it.)