Synonyms for taboo
təˈbu, tæ-taboo

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1. taboo, tabunoun

   a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

   Synonyms:
   tabu

   Antonyms:
   permissible, secular, allowable, profane

2. taboo, tabuadjective

   an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

   Synonyms:
   tabu

   Antonyms:
   allowable, profane, permissible, secular

3. forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verbotenadjective

   excluded from use or mention

   "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"

   Antonyms:
   secular, permissible, profane, allowable

4. taboo, tabuverb

   forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

   Synonyms:
   verboten, prohibited, tabu, proscribed, out(p), forbidden

   Antonyms:
   permissible, allowable, secular, profane

5. tabooverb

   declare as sacred and forbidden

   Antonyms:
   profane, permissible, allowable, secular

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1. • Restrict

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1. jaime luis gómez

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1. taboonoun

   Synonyms:
   interdict, prohibition

2. tabooverb

   Synonyms:
   interdict, forbid, prohibit, put under taboo, put under an interdict, forbid to be used or touched

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1. tabooadjective

   Synonyms:
   prohibited, forbidden, interdicted, proscribed

2. taboonoun

   Synonyms:
   interdiction, prohibition, proscription

3. tabooverb

   Synonyms:
   interdict, prohibit, proscribe

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

1. List of paraphrases for "taboo":

   no-no

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1. List of known nicknames for "Taboo":

   Jaime Luis Gomez, Jaime Gomez, Taboo Nawasha, Taboo the rapper, Jim Luis Angryfoot, Jaime Luis Gómez, The Black Eyed Peas, Black Eyed Peas

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1. Emma McIntyre:

   I was proud to put a spotlight on the LGBTQ+ community with my ‘Beautiful’ music video, which features a gay couple, as well as a trans woman. I wasn’t thinking too much about it beyond wanting to show people owning who they are, it was somehow taboo at the time, but it represented something so true. I still hear stories about how that video has helped people, and it means everything to me.

2. Byron Donalds:

   They don't reflect the views of law-abiding gun owners. That's the problem, they reflect a viewpoint that's largely held in urban corridors where gun ownership is taboo… And so I think what we have really found in this whole scenario is the media does a terrible job actually covering it, because their worldview with respect to gun ownership is not ‘in the mainstream.’.

3. Matthias Wissmann:

   A Greek exit from the euro zone can no longer be taboo, it could - if combined with a wise future strategy from the euro countries - even contribute to the stabilisation of the euro zone ... The markets need dependability.

4. Alan Watts:

   There is always something taboo, something repressed, un-admitted, or just glimpsed quickly out of the corner of one’s eye because a direct look is too unsettling. Taboos lie within taboos, like the skin of an onion.

5. Noura Hussein:

   People shy away from this conversation in Sudan, it's a taboo, i hope that people will now feel comfortable to speak about to their parents and grandparents about it.