Synonyms for ban
bɑn; ˈbɑ niban

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1. ban

   Banish, primarily to put under ban, to compel by authority to leave a place or country, perhaps with restriction to some other place or country. From a country, a person may be banished, exiled, or expatriated; banished from any country where he may happen to be, but expatriated or exiled only from his own. One may expatriate or exile himself; he is banished by others. Banish is a word of wide import; one may banish disturbing thoughts; care may banish sleep. To expel is to drive out with violence or rudeness, and so often with disgrace.

   Synonyms:
   banish, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, drive out, eject, evict, exile, expatriate, expel, ostracize, oust

   Preposition:
   Cataline was banished from Rome; John the Apostle was banished to Patmos.

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1. prohibition, ban, proscriptionnoun

   a decree that prohibits something

   Synonyms:
   forbidding, inhibition, forbiddance, banning, prohibition era, prohibition, proscription, banishment

2. bannoun

   100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova

   Synonyms:
   prohibition, forbidding, forbiddance, proscription, banning

3. bannoun

   100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania

   Synonyms:
   prohibition, forbidding, forbiddance, proscription, banning

4. ban, banning, forbiddance, forbiddingnoun

   an official prohibition or edict against something

   Synonyms:
   prohibition, forbidding, forbiddance, proscription, inhibition, banning

5. Bachelor of Arts in Nursing, BANverb

   a bachelor's degree in nursing

   Synonyms:
   prohibition, forbidding, forbiddance, proscription, banning

6. ban, censorverb

   forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

   Synonyms:
   blackball, censor, banish, ostracise, cast out, ostracize, shun

7. banverb

   prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

   "Smoking is banned in this building"

   Synonyms:
   ostracise, cast out, shun, banish, ostracize, censor, blackball

8. banish, banverb

   ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

   Synonyms:
   blackball, ostracize, bar, banish, ostracise, cast out, relegate, censor, shun

9. banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackballverb

   expel from a community or group

   Synonyms:
   ostracize, veto, toss, relegate, cast out, toss out, fling, eschew, blackball, banish, chuck out, dispose, throw away, bar, censor, cast away, ostracise, cast aside, throw out, negative, put away, toss away, discard, shun

Matched Categories

1. • Romanian Monetary Unit
   • Expel
   • Forbid
   • Moldovan Monetary Unit

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1. bannoun

   Synonyms:
   proclamation, edict

2. bannoun

   Synonyms:
   curse, malediction, excommunication, denunciation, execration, anathema

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1. bannoun

   Synonyms:
   announcement, notice, curse, anathema, denunciation, malediction, execration, interdiction, proscription, interdict, taboo

2. banverb

   Synonyms:
   curse, anathematize, execrate, interdict, forbid, proscribe, taboo

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1. List of paraphrases for "ban":

   prohibition, prohibit, banning, embargo, prohibiting, forbid, interdiction, outlaw, prohibited, prohibitions, nuclear-test-ban, proscription, outlawing, prohibits, proscribe, 'interdiction, banish, banned

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1. Gregory Romanovsky:

   Exercising discretion is not what they’re comfortable doing anymore, especially if they’re dealing with someone from one of the six banned countries, the travel ban and the whole anti-immigrant mood coming from the very top of this administration certainly affects their ability.

2. Brooke Oberwetter:

   The ban of TikTok on federal devices passed in December without any deliberation, and unfortunately that approach has served as a blueprint for other world governments, we hope that when it comes to addressing national security concerns about TikTok beyond government devices, Congress will explore solutions that won’t have the effect of censoring the voices of millions of Americans.

3. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius:

   I spoke to Mr. Hijab ... he will respond to de Mistura and Ban Ki-moon this morning, if I understand their position, they say yes to negotiations.

4. Adam Kraut:

   The right of individuals to self-manufactured arms for self-defense and other lawful purposes is part and parcel of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms and an important front in the battle to secure fundamental rights against abusive government regulations like San Diego's unconstitutional ban.

5. Eleanor Holmes Norton:

   This could be the last snowstorm the D.C. area gets this winter, and may be one of the best for sledding in years, children and their parents should able to enjoy sledding on one of the best hills in the city. This is a one-time waiver that will allow Washington kids to sled while we await a more formal review of the ban, which will likely come after the last snow has fallen in our region.