Definition for Ban:

• Ecclesiastical anathema, interdict; curse supposed to have supernatural power; angry execration( archaic); formal prohibition; sentence of outlawry, esp. B. of the( Holy Roman) Empire; tacit prohibition by public opinion( under a b.). [ old French]

Synonyms for Ban:

• n.

  •
  • decline,
  • not brook something.
  •
  • show,
  • stifle,
  • hush,
  • black out.
  •anathema (noun)
  • imprecation,
  • malediction.
  •bachelor of arts in nursing (noun)
  • bachelor of arts in nursing.
  •ban (noun)
  • censor,
  • shun,
  • ostracise,
  • banning,
  • proscription,
  • prohibition,
  • interdiction,
  • forbiddance,
  • ostracize.
  •boycott (noun)
  • boycott.
  •command (noun)
  • requirement,
  • devoirs,
  • devoir,
  • obligation,
  • prohibitions,
  • imperatives,
  • adjurations,
  • adjuration,
  • requirements,
  • will.
  •communication (noun)
  • ban.
  •curse (noun)
  • cursings,
  • cussings,
  • whammy,
  • fourletter word,
  • four letter word,
  • no nos,
  • blasphemings,
  • no-no,
  • cuss words,
  • dirty name,
  • nono's,
  • damnings,
  • fulmination,
  • malisons,
  • sacrilege,
  • no no's,
  • no-nos,
  • Malison,
  • naughty words,
  • no-no's,
  • nono,
  • obscenity,
  • Objuration,
  • objurations,
  • dirty names,
  • nonos,
  • naughty word,
  • cuss word,
  • no no.
  •decree (noun)
  • injunction.
  •denouncement (noun)
  • anathema.
  •disallowance (noun)
  • dis-allowance,
  • dis-allowances,
  • dis allowances,
  • dis allowance.
  •exclusion (noun)
  • ejection,
  • elimination,
  • exclusion,
  • disbarment,
  • removal,
  • extradition,
  • ostracism,
  • exile,
  • deportation,
  • excommunication,
  • abscission,
  • repudiation,
  • expatriation,
  • Disallowance,
  • amputation,
  • renouncement,
  • relegation,
  • rejection,
  • banishment,
  • denial,
  • eradication,
  • excision.
  •forbiddance (noun)
  • off limits,
  • out-lawings,
  • bannings,
  • proscribings,
  • outlawings,
  • off limit,
  • out lawings.
  •hateful, swearing remark (noun)
  • curse.
  •prohibition (noun)
  • suppression,
  • blockade,
  • disapproval,
  • constraint,
  • curtailment,
  • preclusion,
  • prevention,
  • restraint,
  • refusal,
  • restriction,
  • inhibition.
  •refusal (noun)
  • disavowals,
  • turndown,
  • non-compliance,
  • NOS,
  • nonconsent,
  • renouncements,
  • knockback,
  • non-acceptance,
  • withholdings,
  • refutation,
  • disavowal,
  • forbiddings,
  • enjoinment,
  • non-consent.
  •restraint (noun)
  • pinions,
  • straitjackets,
  • straitjacket,
  • pinion.
  •sanction (noun)
  • coercive measure,
  • penalty,
  • punitive measure,
  • punitive measures,
  • coercive measures.
  •suspension (noun)
  • moratorium.
  •taboo (noun)
  • donts,
  • don't,
  • religious conventions,
  • don'ts,
  • thou shalt not,
  • DONT,
  • thou shalt nots,
  • social conventions,
  • thou-shalt-nots,
  • thou-shalt-not,
  • religious convention,
  • social convention.
  •veto (noun)
  • veto.

• v.

  •banish (verb)
  • dis-cards,
  • dis missing,
  • ex pulsed,
  • drives away,
  • dis-carding,
  • ex-patriate,
  • extradicted,
  • dis-lodge,
  • Rusticating,
  • ex patriated,
  • trans ported,
  • ex pulsing,
  • dis charging,
  • dis cards,
  • dis lodged,
  • driving away,
  • ex-pulses,
  • re move,
  • dis-charging,
  • ex patriating,
  • expulses,
  • de ported,
  • ex pulse,
  • dis carding,
  • dis-charges,
  • extradicting,
  • ex-patriated,
  • dis-charged,
  • ex-patriating,
  • ex patriates,
  • dis-charge,
  • re moved,
  • re-move,
  • dis-carded,
  • de-ported,
  • dis lodge,
  • ex-pulsing,
  • re moving,
  • de porting,
  • dis charge,
  • dis-lodged,
  • dis lodges,
  • ex patriate,
  • re legate,
  • rusticates,
  • trans-porting,
  • expulsed,
  • re-moves,
  • dis charges,
  • dis carded,
  • ex pulses,
  • drave away,
  • trans porting,
  • re-moving,
  • re-legates,
  • re moves,
  • ex-patriates,
  • dis charged,
  • de-porting,
  • re legates,
  • dis-lodging,
  • drove away,
  • ex-pulse,
  • dis lodging,
  • dis-lodges,
  • extra-dict,
  • dis-missing,
  • casts out,
  • ex-pulsed,
  • dis missed,
  • extra dict,
  • dis-card,
  • re-legate,
  • extradicts,
  • dis card,
  • dis-missed,
  • expulsing.
  •bar (verb)
  • de-bar,
  • dis courages,
  • re-strain,
  • dis-courages,
  • re fusing,
  • dis allows,
  • inter-feres,
  • dis-allowed,
  • over riding,
  • re fuses,
  • dis-allows,
  • over-riding,
  • over rode,
  • re strains,
  • dis allowed,
  • dis-allowing,
  • de-barred,
  • inter-fere,
  • over ride,
  • re-fuses,
  • froze out,
  • over ridden,
  • re-strains,
  • dis-countenance,
  • dis countenanced,
  • over rides,
  • re strained,
  • re straining,
  • pre vents,
  • pre-venting,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • pre venting,
  • re fused,
  • re-straining,
  • dis-courage,
  • de-bars,
  • dis-allow,
  • pre vented,
  • over-rode,
  • re-fused,
  • freezing out,
  • dis allowing,
  • de barred,
  • inter fere,
  • re fuse,
  • re-fusing,
  • pre-vented,
  • over-rides,
  • dis countenances,
  • dis countenance,
  • dis allow,
  • de bars,
  • pre-vents,
  • inter feres,
  • over-ridden,
  • pre vent,
  • dis-countenances,
  • dis courage,
  • freezes out,
  • re strain,
  • de bar,
  • re-strained,
  • pre-vent,
  • re-fuse.
  •command (verb)
  • ex-acts,
  • re-quires,
  • ex acts,
  • laying down the law,
  • gives orders,
  • ordinated,
  • taking lead,
  • pro claiming,
  • takes charge,
  • giving directions,
  • giving orders,
  • re-quire,
  • calling the signals,
  • laid down the law,
  • took charge,
  • re-quiring,
  • calls on,
  • called signals,
  • re quired,
  • calls signals,
  • took lead,
  • lays down the law,
  • laying down law,
  • called the signals,
  • ex-act,
  • marks out,
  • gives directions,
  • takes lead,
  • gave orders,
  • pro-claims,
  • marked out,
  • pro-claiming,
  • lay down law,
  • putting foot down,
  • gave directions,
  • sending for,
  • calling signals,
  • sends for,
  • forcing up on,
  • pro claims,
  • lays down law,
  • ex-acted,
  • ex acting,
  • re quiring,
  • calling upon,
  • re-quired,
  • forced up on,
  • forces upon,
  • calls the signals,
  • ex acted,
  • re quires,
  • calling up on,
  • pro claimed,
  • ex act,
  • forcing upon,
  • puts foot down,
  • calls up on,
  • called up on,
  • forces up on,
  • ex-acting,
  • force up on,
  • re quire,
  • pro claim,
  • call up on,
  • call signals,
  • laid down law.
  •constrain (verb)
  • holds in,
  • in tern,
  • in-terns,
  • holds down,
  • with holds,
  • puts half nelson on,
  • putting half nelson on,
  • keeps lid on,
  • hog tie,
  • keeping lid on,
  • concusses,
  • with-hold,
  • kept lid on,
  • with-holds,
  • holding down,
  • with-held,
  • with hold,
  • with held,
  • cooled off,
  • cools off,
  • in terns,
  • in-tern.
  •damn (verb)
  • cried down,
  • complaining of,
  • denunciated,
  • re-vile,
  • fulminated against,
  • inveigled against,
  • crying down,
  • inveigling against,
  • fulminates against,
  • dratting,
  • thundered against,
  • objecting to,
  • inveigles against,
  • re vile,
  • cries down,
  • fulminating against,
  • objects to,
  • thundering against,
  • objected to,
  • denunciates,
  • drats,
  • thunders against,
  • complains of,
  • denunciating,
  • complained of.
  •deny (verb)
  • dis credits,
  • re buffing,
  • not buying,
  • dis-avows,
  • re-buffs,
  • dis avow,
  • dis claiming,
  • taking exception to,
  • dis-owned,
  • be grudge,
  • dis proves,
  • turns thumbs down,
  • re-butted,
  • dis-believe,
  • re canting,
  • re-butting,
  • dis believing,
  • re buffed,
  • dis crediting,
  • dis-believed,
  • dis claimed,
  • dis acknowledging,
  • dis-credit,
  • dis-believes,
  • dis-acknowledging,
  • dis owning,
  • dis-claim,
  • dis acknowledged,
  • dis-crediting,
  • dis acknowledges,
  • dis credited,
  • dis-prove,
  • dis believe,
  • re-buffing,
  • said no to,
  • took exception to,
  • dis avowed,
  • dis-avow,
  • re-canted,
  • dis credit,
  • enjoins from,
  • dis proved,
  • dis-claiming,
  • dis claim,
  • not buys,
  • not bought,
  • be grudges,
  • says no to,
  • enjoining from,
  • re canted,
  • dis claims,
  • re buff,
  • re butted,
  • dis avowing,
  • be-grudges,
  • dis believed,
  • dis avows,
  • dis acknowledge,
  • dis owned,
  • dis-claims,
  • dis-acknowledges,
  • re-canting,
  • re-buffed,
  • dis-acknowledged,
  • dis-proves,
  • dis prove,
  • dis-avowing,
  • dis-owning,
  • dis-acknowledge,
  • be-grudged,
  • dis-avowed,
  • dis proving,
  • dis-believing,
  • be-grudge,
  • dis-credits,
  • be grudging,
  • dis-proving,
  • turned thumbs down,
  • dis believes,
  • dis-claimed,
  • be grudged,
  • turning thumbs down,
  • re butting,
  • re buffs,
  • dis-credited,
  • be-grudging,
  • dis-proved,
  • saying no to,
  • takes exception to,
  • enjoined from.
  •dissuade (verb)
  • daunt,
  • chill,
  • divert,
  • intimidate,
  • bar,
  • derail,
  • deter,
  • inhibit,
  • check,
  • discourage,
  • dampen,
  • disincline,
  • deflect,
  • dissuade,
  • dishearten,
  • avert,
  • restrain,
  • prevent,
  • depress,
  • admonish.
  •enjoin (verb)
  • places injunction on,
  • placing injunction on,
  • placed injunction on.
  •except (verb)
  • ex postulating,
  • ex postulates,
  • ex-postulates,
  • ex-postulate,
  • ex-postulating,
  • ex-cept,
  • pro testing,
  • pro-tested,
  • ex-postulated,
  • ex postulated,
  • ex cept,
  • pro tested,
  • ex postulate,
  • pro-testing.
  •exclude (verb)
  • eject,
  • disbar,
  • prohibit,
  • relegate,
  • deport,
  • evict,
  • excise,
  • reject,
  • disallow,
  • expatriate,
  • disqualify,
  • ignore,
  • eliminate,
  • oust,
  • extradite,
  • blacklist,
  • renounce,
  • remove,
  • eradicate,
  • amputate.
  •excommunicate (verb)
  • ex-communicated,
  • ex-communicates,
  • un churches,
  • un churched,
  • un-churching,
  • ex communicating,
  • un church,
  • un-churched,
  • un churching,
  • ex communicates,
  • unchurches,
  • ex-communicate,
  • ex-communicating,
  • un-churches,
  • ex communicated,
  • ex communicate,
  • un-church.
  •expel (verb)
  • gave hook,
  • throwing out on ear,
  • give hook,
  • dis-possessed,
  • dis-possess,
  • dis-places,
  • shows the door,
  • giving walking papers,
  • showing the door,
  • gives walking papers,
  • gave the boot,
  • giving the hook,
  • show door,
  • showed the door,
  • threw out on ear,
  • giving hook,
  • gave walking papers,
  • dis-possessing,
  • giving boot,
  • give boot,
  • threw out ear,
  • dis-placing,
  • gives boot,
  • showing door,
  • dis placed,
  • gives the hook,
  • shows door,
  • throwing out ear,
  • dis placing,
  • dis place,
  • gave boot,
  • dis possessing,
  • drums out,
  • dis-place,
  • dis possess,
  • showed door,
  • dis-placed,
  • dis places,
  • dis possessed,
  • gives the boot,
  • gives hook,
  • throws out ear,
  • throw out ear,
  • throws out on ear,
  • giving the boot,
  • gave the hook,
  • dis possesses,
  • dis-possesses.
  •forbid (verb)
  • fore-stalled,
  • fore stalling,
  • fore-stall,
  • declared illegal,
  • fore stalls,
  • forfended,
  • declaring illegal,
  • putting the chill on,
  • fore-stalls,
  • declares illegal,
  • nixed,
  • said no,
  • fore stall,
  • fore-stalling,
  • forfends,
  • fore stalled,
  • puts the chill on,
  • re strict,
  • forfending,
  • putting chill on,
  • puts chill on,
  • re-strict,
  • saying no.
  •outlaw (verb)
  • illegalizes,
  • out lawed,
  • Illegalized,
  • out lawing,
  • out-lawing,
  • Illegalizing,
  • out-lawed.
  •prohibit (verb)
  • curtail,
  • suppress,
  • control,
  • curb,
  • oppress,
  • refuse,
  • restrict,
  • block,
  • preclude,
  • disapprove.
  •proscribe (verb)
  • pro-scribed,
  • pro-scribes,
  • pro-scribing,
  • pro-scribe,
  • pro scribing,
  • pro scribes,
  • pro scribe,
  • pro scribed.
  •rule out (verb)
  • not considers.
  •veto (verb)
  • de-feats,
  • gave thumbs down,
  • dis approve,
  • shoots down,
  • dis-approves,
  • dis-approve,
  • giving thumbs down,
  • thumbsed down,
  • de-clines,
  • dis approves,
  • thumbses down,
  • gives thumbs down,
  • dis-approved,
  • shooting down,
  • de-cline,
  • dis approving,
  • de clines,
  • de-feat,
  • dis-approving,
  • dis approved,
  • thumbsing down,
  • de feat,
  • de cline,
  • de feats.
  •withdraw (verb)
  • in validates,
  • re nig,
  • with draw,
  • un-says,
  • with-drawn,
  • with drew,
  • un-saying,
  • in-validates,
  • re-called,
  • in-validated,
  • re tires,
  • renigged,
  • dis-solves,
  • re calls,
  • re-versed,
  • un says,
  • with-draws,
  • re tired,
  • re-calling,
  • re-nigging,
  • re-nigged,
  • re versing,
  • with-drew,
  • re nigs,
  • re verse,
  • re tire,
  • re press,
  • renigs,
  • re-calls,
  • un say,
  • re-tiring,
  • re-nigs,
  • dis-solve,
  • dis solve,
  • dis solving,
  • re nigging,
  • re-verse,
  • renigging,
  • in validating,
  • dis solves,
  • un saying,
  • un-say,
  • re tiring,
  • re calling,
  • dis-solving,
  • re-call,
  • in-validate,
  • re-pressing,
  • re-nig,
  • in-validating,
  • re presses,
  • in validated,
  • with-drawing,
  • dis solved,
  • with draws,
  • in validate,
  • with-draw,
  • re nigged,
  • re pressed,
  • dis-solved,
  • re-presses,
  • re-tire,
  • with drawing,
  • with drawn,
  • re pressing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • rebuttal,
  • strike off,
  • turn away,
  • nonacceptance,
  • embargo,
  • command,
  • announcement,
  • clamp down.
  •
  • objection,
  • silence,
  • interdict,
  • brook.
  •
  • dismissal,
  • revolt.
  •
  • debar,
  • cut out,
  • challenge.
  •
  • resistance.
  •command
  • inhibits,
  • Enacting,
  • requisitioned,
  • call upon,
  • ordinating,
  • take charge,
  • sent for,
  • calling on,
  • called on,
  • call the signals,
  • give orders,
  • lay down the law,
  • take lead,
  • calls upon,
  • mark out,
  • call on,
  • ordinates,
  • send for,
  • ordinate,
  • called upon,
  • enact,
  • put foot down,
  • taking charge,
  • give directions,
  • forced upon,
  • force upon,
  • marking out.
  •damning
  • damnation.
  •deny
  • take exception to,
  • enjoin from,
  • turn down,
  • kept back,
  • forsake,
  • spurn,
  • say no to,
  • keeping back,
  • not buy,
  • Negatived,
  • Negativing,
  • forgoing,
  • turn thumbs down,
  • Forgone,
  • keeps back,
  • keep back,
  • Tabooed,
  • Tabooing.
  •exclude
  • sideline,
  • lock out,
  • driving out,
  • leaves out,
  • forcing out,
  • Embargoing,
  • sidelined,
  • forces out,
  • leave out,
  • left out,
  • occlude,
  • leaving out,
  • ward off,
  • drives out,
  • setting aside,
  • force out,
  • shut the door on,
  • refuse admittance,
  • Embargoed,
  • drive out.
  •prohibit
  • passed on,
  • passes on,
  • bring to screeching halt,
  • boxes in,
  • put chill on,
  • hang up,
  • zinging,
  • put a lock on,
  • gridlocked,
  • pass on,
  • put lock on,
  • throw cold water on,
  • passing on,
  • put a stopper in,
  • gridlock,
  • box in,
  • jam up.
  •rule out
  • not considered,
  • not considering,
  • not consider.
  •withdraw
  • Withdrew,
  • unsay,
  • renig,
  • unsays,
  • unsaying.

Paraphrases for Ban:

• Equivalence

  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    prohibit.
  • Adjective
    banning.
  • Proper noun, singular
    banning, prohibit.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    banning, Outlawing, proscription, prohibit.
  • Verb, past participle
    prohibited.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    prohibit, proscribe.
  • Verb, base form
    Prohibiting, prohibit, proscribe, prohibits.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    sanctions.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    interdiction.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    injunction, interdiction.
  • Verb, base form
    interdict.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    embargo, prohibitive, restricted, no-fly.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Narcotics, embargo, prohibits.
  • Noun, plural
    Embargoes.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    embargo, Restraining, inadmissibility, 'interdiction, closure, cessation.
  • Verb, past participle
    barred, blocked, phased.
  • Verb, base form
    ground, abolish, Abolishing, preclude.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    prohibited, nuclear-test-ban.
  • Proper noun, singular
    banned, Prohibiting, prohibited, nuclear-test-ban, bando.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    moratoria, Prohibiting, disqualification, banishment, suspension, nuclear-test-ban, curfew.
  • Verb, base form
    banish.

Antonyms for Ban:

• n.

  • official forbiddance
    permission, sanction, allowance.
  • Other antonyms:
    blessing, citation, commendation, accession, toleration, promotion, assent, benison, endorsement, agreement, sanctioning, compliance, benediction, obedience, imprimatur, acquiescence, encouragement, prescription, enabling, tolerance, submission, facilitation, approval, letting, approbation, support.

• v.

  • officially forbid
    push, release, welcome, permit, let go, include, admit, allow.

Ban Sentence Examples:

• Now, only to get away; out the front door, and up - up from this trap he was in - up into clean and empty space, and then to Leithgow and Friday at Ban Wilson's!

• Last fall Hugo ban gone a vhiles back East again, and vhen you comes I tank mebbe you some nice gal he promise to marry.

Homophones for Ban:

• boone, bobbin, benne, bunny, bayonne, banyan, behmen, bobby pin, bann, beano, benny, banh, bunyan, boann, bony, bemoan, benni, bema, bun, bohme, be on, bonnie, biome, buy in, baum, baboon, bevin, bine, boom, Byname, bennie, bunion, bovine, bauhinia, bohemia, bonny, boyne, banian, beef man, bone, bohemian, Bam, bioweapon, boffin, bum, beany, bonn, bowfin, bonhomie, boon, bpm, bean, beanie, bonney, banana, bahn, bane, ben, buffoon, bovini, boehm, boney, bahamian, baby boom, bowman, bovinae, boehme, beam, bin, bm, beamy, benin.

Holonyms for Ban:

• n.

  • quantity
    leu.

Hypernym for Ban:

• n.

  • communication
    enjoining, enjoinment, banning-order, injunction, interdiction, cease and desist order, interdict.

• v.

  • social
    embargo.

Hyponym for Ban:

• n.

  • communication
    edict, decree, order, rescript, fiat.
  • quantity
    Romanian Monetary Unit, Moldovan monetary unit.

• v.

  • communication
    interdict, nix, disallow, prohibit, veto, forbid, proscribe.
  • social
    criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, outlaw, illegalise.