Definition for Prohibition:

• The act of prohibiting, forbidding, or interdicting: an interdict.

Synonyms for Prohibition:

• n.

  •
  • resistance,
  • silence,
  • dismissal,
  • challenge.
  •
  • allow.
  •ban (noun)
  • donts,
  • a thou-shalt-nots,
  • nono,
  • no no,
  • out of bound,
  • out bounds,
  • re-striction,
  • nonos,
  • off limit,
  • re strictions,
  • a thou shalt nots,
  • re striction,
  • no nos,
  • out bound,
  • a thou shalt not,
  • re-strictions,
  • no no's,
  • nono's.
  •ban, forbiddance (noun)
  • refusal,
  • bar,
  • constraint,
  • repudiation,
  • out of bounds,
  • interdict,
  • negation,
  • restriction,
  • prevention,
  • obstruction.
  •command (noun)
  • requirements,
  • adjurations,
  • requirement,
  • will,
  • adjuration,
  • imperatives,
  • devoirs,
  • devoir,
  • obligation.
  •communication (noun)
  • prohibition.
  •denial (noun)
  • disavowal,
  • contradiction,
  • refutation.
  •disallowance (noun)
  • dis-allowance,
  • dis-allowances,
  • dis allowances,
  • dis allowance.
  •exclusion (noun)
  • extradition,
  • disbarment,
  • elimination,
  • amputation,
  • removal,
  • boycott,
  • excommunication,
  • renouncement,
  • expatriation,
  • excision,
  • ostracism,
  • rejection,
  • abscission,
  • banishment,
  • forbiddance,
  • ejection,
  • exile,
  • deportation,
  • relegation,
  • eradication.
  •forbiddance (noun)
  • out lawing,
  • pro-scribing,
  • outlawings,
  • pro scribing,
  • out-lawings,
  • out lawings,
  • out-lawing,
  • proscribings.
  •forbidden fruit (noun)
  • illegal indulgences,
  • immoral pleasures,
  • forbidden-fruit,
  • golden apples,
  • illicit loves,
  • illegal pleasures,
  • prohibited articles,
  • desired objects,
  • forbidden indulgences.
  •prevention (noun)
  • fore stalling,
  • forestallings,
  • de-terences,
  • deterences,
  • de terence,
  • fore-stalling,
  • thwartings,
  • de terences,
  • de-terence.
  •prohibition (noun)
  • prohibition era,
  • restraint,
  • disapproval,
  • suppression,
  • blockade,
  • curtailment.
  •refusal (noun)
  • enjoinment,
  • nonconsent,
  • non-consent,
  • non-compliance,
  • NOS,
  • knockback,
  • turndown,
  • forbiddings.
  •restraint (noun)
  • pinions,
  • straitjackets,
  • straitjacket,
  • pinion.
  •taboo (noun)
  • thou shalt nots,
  • thou-shalt-nots,
  • thou shalt not,
  • religious conventions.
  •temperance (noun)
  • self-deprivation,
  • asceticism,
  • forgoing,
  • moderatism,
  • selfcontrol,
  • Refrainment,
  • teetotalism,
  • unintoxication,
  • moderateness,
  • soberness,
  • eschewal,
  • reasonableness,
  • astringency,
  • uninebriation,
  • astringencies,
  • self-discipline.
  •traversal (noun)
  • traversal.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • limitation,
  • embargo.
  •
  • condition.

Paraphrases for Prohibition:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    prohibited.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    proscription.
  • Verb, past tense
    banned.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    banning.
  • Verb, past participle
    banning, banned.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    prohibitions.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    prohibit.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    prohibit.
  • Verb, past tense
    Prohibiting, prohibited.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Prohibiting.
  • Verb, past participle
    prohibited.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Prohibiting.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    interdiction.
  • Noun, plural
    banning.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    injunction, interdiction.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    prohibitive, proscribed.
  • Proper noun, plural
    rules, restrictions.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Prohibiting, Narcotics, limits, constraints, prohibited, banned, restriction, restrictions, prevention.
  • Noun, plural
    exclusions, Regulations, sanctions, Embargoes, questions, outlaws, impediments, rules, Persons, Forms, limits, restrictions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Prohibiting, disqualification, 'interdiction, moratorium, provision, Restraining, closure, restriction, incompatibility, cessation, prevention.
  • Verb, past tense
    implemented, outlawed, barred, blocked, announced.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Proscribing, limiting, inhibiting, Suppressing, enjoining, curbing, Denying, Avoiding, safeguarding, travelling, Phasing, Outlawing, Restraining.
  • Verb, past participle
    barred, Allowed, blocked, phased, proscribed.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    suspends, regards, outlaws, Does, restrictions.
  • Verb, base form
    ground, proscribe.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    banning, phase-out.
  • Proper noun, singular
    banning.
  • Noun, plural
    orders.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Outlawing, banning.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    forbidding, barring.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    forbids.
  • Verb, base form
    prohibit, Prohibiting.

Antonyms for Prohibition:

• n.

  • ban, forbiddance
    clearance, help, approval, permission, aid, allowance.
  • Other antonyms:
    promotion, submission, entrance, enabling, way, blessing, endorsement, assent, imprimatur, facilitation, transit, sanctioning, admittance, letting, toleration, acquiescence, compliance, opening, road, support, encouragement, prescription, thoroughfare, accession, tolerance, obedience, passage, approbation, agreement.

Prohibition Sentence Examples:

• This fresh prohibition did not distress me in the least.

• Such a dividend, if the stock is issued only to the extent of the surplus profits, is not a violation of the prohibition against reducing or withdrawing the capital stock by distribution among the stockholders.

Hypernym for Prohibition:

• n.

  • communication
    forbidding, ban, banning, forbiddance, interdiction.

Hyponym for Prohibition:

• n.

  • communication
    refusal, law.