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Prohibit

🔄 Synonyms of "Prohibit"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
forbidverb	(transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
proscribeverb	(transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
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.
disallowverb	To refuse to allow.

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).

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

Word	Definition
vetoverb	(transitive) To use a veto against.
proscribeverb	(transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
forbidverb	(transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
disallowverb	To refuse to allow.
interdictverb	(transitive) To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
banningnoun	The act by which something is banned; a prohibition.
prohibitionnoun	A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
precludeverb	(transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
interdictionnoun	The act of interdicting or something interdicted.
denyverb	(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
excludeverb	(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
disqualifyverb	(transitive) To make ineligible for something.
deterverb	(transitive) To prevent something from happening.
preventverb	(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
preventionnoun	(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
depriveverb	(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
outlawverb	A fugitive from the law.
refuseverb	(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
banishverb	(transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
suppressionnoun	The act or instance of suppressing.