Prohibit

Verb

 * 1)  To forbid, disallow, or proscribe; to make illegal or illicit.

Thesaurus
prevent, proscribe, pull, pull in, refuse, rein, rein in, reject, relegate, repel, repress, repudiate, restrain, retard, retrench, rule out, save, say no to, send to Coventry, set back, shut out, slow down, snub, stave off, stop, straiten, suppress, taboo, thwart, turn aside, ward off, withhold, anticipate, arrest, avert, ban, bar, bar out, block, blockade, bridle, check, close out, constrain, contain, control, cool, cool off, count out, curb, curtail, cut off, debar, decelerate, deflect, deny, deter, disallow, discourage, disenable, dishearten, disqualify, dompt, embargo, enjoin, estop, exclude, exclude from, fend, fend off, foil, forbid, foreclose, forestall, freeze out, frustrate, govern, guard, hamper, help, hinder, hold, hold at bay, hold back, hold fast, hold in, hold in check, hold in leash, hold up, ignore, impede, inhibit, interdict, keep, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep off, keep out, keep under control, lay under restraint, leave out, lock out, make impossible, obstruct, obviate, omit, ostracize, outlaw, pass over, preclude,

Pronunciation




Synonyms

 * forbid
 * disallow
 * ban
 * See also Thesaurus:prohibit

Related terms

 * prohibition
 * prohibitive

Translations

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 * Chinese: 禁止 (jìnzhǐ)
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 * Finnish: (1)
 * French: ,
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 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 금하다 (geumhada)
 * Latin: prohibeo, interdico
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