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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | official forbiddance |
| Synonyms: | a thou-shalt-not, boycott, censorship, don't, embargo, injunction, interdiction, limitation, no-no, off limits, out of bounds, prohibition, proscription, refusal, restriction, stoppage, suppression, taboo |
| Antonyms: | allowance, permission |
| Main Entry: | anathema |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denouncement |
| Synonyms: | ban, censure, commination, condemnation, curse, damnation, denunciation, excommunication, execration, imprecation, malediction, proscription, reprehension, reprobation, reproof, taboo |
| Main Entry: | banish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel from place or situation |
| Synonyms: | ban, cast out, deport, discard, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, drive away, eject, eliminate, eradicate, evict, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expulse, extradict, get rid of, isolate, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, remove, rusticate, sequester, shake off, shut out, transport |
| Antonyms: | allow, keep, welcome |
Example Sentences
- The ban on cellphones in schools is not new, but it still inspires many opinions and hot debate.
- Even when a ban coincides with a fall in consumption, as with ivory, demand-and thus poaching-has a habit of coming back.
- Rodriguez said she needed to be better informed before making a decision on whether or not the ban should be kept or revised.
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prohibit |
| Synonyms: | ban, boycott, circumvent, condemn, debar, deny, disallow, discountenance, discourage, eliminate, enjoin, except, exclude, exile, forbid, freeze out, frustrate, hinder, interdict, interfere, keep out, limit, obstruct, ostracize, outlaw, override, preclude, prevent, refuse, reject, restrain, rule out, segregate, shut out, stop, suspend |
| Antonyms: | advocate, allow, open, permit |
| Main Entry: | blackball |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel from group |
| Synonyms: | ban, blacklist, debar, exclude, ostracize, oust, reject, repudiate, snub, veto |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | directive, instruction |
| Synonyms: | act, adjuration, ban, behest, bidding, call, canon, caveat, charge, citation, commandment, decree, demand, devoir, dictate, dictation, dictum, direction, duty, edict, enactment, exaction, fiat, imperative, imposition, injunction, interdiction, law, mandate, notification, obligation, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, prohibition, proscription, regulation, request, requirement, requisition, responsibility, rule, subpoena, summons, ultimatum, warrant, will, word, writ |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Antonyms: | contradiction, countermand, opposition, recall, reversal, revocation |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand |
| Synonyms: | adjure, appoint, authorize, ban, bar, beckon, bid, call, call for, call on, call the signals, call upon, charge, check, cite, compel, debar, dictate, direct, enact, enjoin, exact, forbid, force upon, give directions, give orders, grant, impose, inflict, inhibit, instruct, interdict, lay down the law, mark out, oblige, ordain, order, ordinate, proclaim, prohibit, put foot down, require, requisition, restrain, rule out, send for, set, subpoena, summon, take charge, take lead, task, tell, warn |
| Antonyms: | contradict, countermand, oppose, recall, reverse, revoke |
| Main Entry: | constrain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force; restrain |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, bind, bottle up, bridle, chain, check, coerce, compel, concuss, confine, constrict, cool off, cork, curb, deny, deprive, disallow, drive, hem in, hog-tie, hold back, hold down, hold in, immure, impel, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, intern, jail, keep lid on, make, necessitate, oblige, pressure, pressurize, put half nelson on, shotgun, stifle, urge, withhold |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | curse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hateful, swearing remark |
| Synonyms: | anathema, ban, bane, blaspheming, blasphemy, commination, cursing, cuss word, cussing, damning, denunciation, dirty name, dirty word, double whammy, execration, expletive, four-letter word, fulmination, imprecation, malediction, malison, naughty words, no-no, oath, objuration, obloquy, obscenity, profanation, profanity, sacrilege, swear word, swearing, vilification, whammy |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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