Synonyms for prohibitive
proʊˈhɪb ɪ tɪvpro·hib·i·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prohibitive, prohibitoryadjective

   tending to discourage (especially of prices)

   "the price was prohibitive"

   Synonyms:
   prohibitory

   Antonyms:
   permissive

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prohibitiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   PROHIBITORY

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "prohibitive":

   unaffordable, exorbitant, insurmountable

How to pronounce prohibitive?

How to say prohibitive in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use prohibitive in a sentence?

1. Daniel Turner:

   We're telling developing nations that we don't want them to go through the process of developing, we don't want them to have coal or natural gas or even nuclear, we want them to use wind and solar, which is intermittent, which is ineffective, which is incredibly cost prohibitive.

2. Paul Murphy from IndigoVision:

   Only in the last two years has it become affordable and reliable, the cost has been prohibitive until recently and also the technology wasn't quite good enough.

3. Paul Thomas:

   It has become apparent that the age and condition of the house make it cost-prohibitive for anyone to use the house in its current location.

4. Raini Brunson:

   As part of our support, USACE researched a variety of deterrent options, which included the construction of a trench as part of the barrier system along the southern border, after we performed a feasibility analysis, USACE did not execute trench construction as part of the final barrier system due to it being both cost-prohibitive and causing significant schedule delays.

5. Lisa Hawkins:

   A 50 % tariff on American whiskeys would no doubt make it cost prohibitive for some craft distillers to do business in European Union after all the time, energy and investment they spent working to break into this important international market.