Synonyms for prohibit
proʊˈhɪb ɪtpro·hib·it

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1. prohibitverb

   Synonyms:
   disallow, ban, forbid

2. prohibitverb

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

   The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio.

   Synonyms:
   disallow, forbid, ban

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1. prohibit

   To prohibit is to give some formal command against, and especially to make some authoritative legal enactment against. Debar is said of persons, disallow of acts; one is debarred from anything when shut off, as by some irresistible authority or necessity; one is prohibited from an act in express terms; he may be debarred by silent necessity. An act is disallowed by the authority that might have allowed it; the word is especially applied to acts which are done before they are pronounced upon; thus, a government may disallow the act of its commander in the field or its admiral on the high seas. Inhibit and interdict are chiefly known by their ecclesiastical use. As between forbid and prohibit, forbid is less formal and more personal, prohibit more official and judicial, with the implication of readiness to use such force as may be needed to give effect to the enactment; a parent forbids a child to take part in some game or to associate with certain companions; the slave-trade is now prohibited by the leading nations of the world. Many things are prohibited by law which can not be wholly prevented, as gambling and prostitution; on the other hand, things may be prevented which are not prohibited, as the services of religion, the payment of debts, or military conquest. That which is precluded need not be prohibited. Compare ABOLISH; HINDER; PREVENT.

   Synonyms:
   debar, disallow, forbid, hinder, inhibit, interdict, preclude, prevent

   Antonyms:
   allow, authorize, command, consent to, direct, empower, enjoin, give consent, give leave, give permission, let, license, order, permit, put up with, require, sanction, suffer, tolerate, warrant

   Preposition:
   An act is prohibited by law; a person is prohibited by law from doing a certain act. Prohibit was formerly construed, as forbid still is, with the infinitive, but the construction with from and the verbal noun has now entirely superseded the older usage.

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1. prohibit

   Synonyms:
   forbid, interdict, debar, hinder, check, prevent, disallow, inhibit

   Antonyms:
   permit, grant, allow, sanction

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1. forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nixverb

   command against

   "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

   Synonyms:
   blackball, interdict, forestall, disallow, preclude, nix, negative, prevent, proscribe, veto, foreclose, forbid

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1. prohibitverb

   Synonyms:
   hinder, prevent, debar, preclude, restrain

2. prohibitverb

   Synonyms:
   forbid, inhibit, disallow, interdict

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1. prohibitverb

   Synonyms:
   forbid

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1. List of paraphrases for "prohibit":

   ban, prohibiting, forbid, prohibition, banning, prohibits, prohibited, outlaw, proscribe, interdict, prevent, injunct, forbidden, disallow, preclude

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1. Prohibit

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1. Tom Lehrer:

   The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.

2. Jack Johnson:

   I am carrying the legislation to protect children from being exposed to sexually explicit drag shows that are inappropriate for minor audiences. It is similar to laws that prohibit children from going to a strip club.

3. Elizabeth Warren:

   Mueller put the next step in the hands of Congress :' Congress has authority to prohibit a President's corrupt use of his authority in order to protect the integrity of the administration of justice, the correct process for exercising that authority is impeachment.

4. Stephen Breyer:

   ( T) Chief Justice John Roberts Court's decisions in Trinity Trinity Lutheran and Espinoza prohibit States from denying aid to religious schools solely because of a school's religious status — that is, its affiliation with or control by a religious organization, but Trinity Lutheran and Espinoza have never said that the Free Exercise Clause prohibits States from withholding funds because of the religious use to which the money will be put.

5. President Biden:

   As I often said during my campaign for president, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana, sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit.