Definition for Tabu:

• A Polynesian custom, whereby things are set apart as sacred or forbidden to be used.

Synonyms for Tabu:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • taboo.
  •banned (adjective)
  • illegal.

• n.

  •tabu (noun)
  • out,
  • forbidden,
  • sacred,
  • impermissible,
  • prohibited,
  • proscribed.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • interdiction,
  • ignore,
  • preclusion,
  • embargo,
  • repress,
  • indecorous,
  • unlawful,
  • coarse,
  • rule out,
  • depraved,
  • no-no,
  • impure,
  • freeze out,
  • ruling out,
  • illicit,
  • debar,
  • gross,
  • enjoin,
  • narrowing,
  • keep out,
  • restriction,
  • sumptuary laws,
  • Debarring,
  • relegate,
  • repudiate,
  • prohibition,
  • inadmissibility,
  • refuse,
  • filthy,
  • contraband,
  • Tabooed,
  • lewd,
  • forbiddance,
  • forbidding,
  • disallow,
  • pass over,
  • forbid,
  • unspeakable,
  • prohibit,
  • forbidden fruit,
  • prevent,
  • zoning,
  • Disallowance,
  • dirty,
  • Interdicted,
  • outlawed,
  • ribald,
  • leave out,
  • outlaw,
  • preclude,
  • index,
  • suppress,
  • prevention,
  • injunction,
  • Index Expurgatorius,
  • debarment,
  • unallowed,
  • untouchable,
  • law,
  • reservation,
  • censored,
  • proscription,
  • corrupt,
  • lascivious,
  • barred,
  • bar,
  • immoral,
  • boycott,
  • X-rated,
  • censorable,
  • rude,
  • limitation,
  • scatological,
  • relegation,
  • refusal,
  • bawdy,
  • sanction,
  • barring,
  • offensive,
  • suppression,
  • obscene,
  • lock out,
  • exception,
  • unlicensed,
  • blockade,
  • restricted,
  • omission,
  • smutty,
  • regulation,
  • not permitted,
  • ostracize,
  • restraint,
  • PROHIBITORY INJUNCTION,
  • repression,
  • unauthorized,
  • unacceptable,
  • explicit,
  • dirty-minded,
  • repudiation,
  • count out,
  • deny,
  • index librorum prohibitorum,
  • exclude,
  • anathema,
  • Nonadmission,
  • shut out,
  • indecent,
  • exclusion,
  • foul-mouthed,
  • rejection,
  • suggestive,
  • demarcation,
  • pornographic,
  • licentious,
  • say no to,
  • Forbade,
  • impolite,
  • circumscription,
  • slang,
  • unsanctioned,
  • Vetoed,
  • denial,
  • statute,
  • reject,
  • inhibit,
  • lockout,
  • unpermissible,
  • interdict,
  • omit,
  • slangy,
  • blue,
  • unmentionable,
  • proscribe,
  • ban.

Antonyms for Tabu:

• n. & v.

  • Other antonyms:
    profane, allowable, permissible, secular.