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| Main Entry: |
prohibitive
 [proh-hib-i-tiv] 
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | restrictive; beyond one's |
| Synonyms: | excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, financial means conditional, forbidding, high-priced, limiting, preposterous, preventing, prohibiting, proscriptive, repressive, restraining, sky-high, steep*, suppressive |
| Antonyms: | reasonable, unlimited, unrestrictive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unshared, restricted |
| Synonyms: | absolute, aloof, aristocratic, chic, choice, chosen, circumscribed, clannish, classy, cliquish, closed, complete, confined, country club, discriminative, elegant, entire, exclusionary, exclusory, fashionable, full, independent, licensed, limited, narrow, only, particular, peculiar, posh, preferential, private, privileged, prohibitive, restrictive, ritzy, segregated, select, selfish, single, snobbish, socially correct, sole, swank, total, undivided, unique, upper crust, whole |
| Antonyms: | divided, part, partial, shared, unlimited, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | restrictive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contrary |
| Synonyms: | antagonistic, confining, opposed, prohibitive, prohibitory |
Example Sentences
- The cost to attend major college and professional games is prohibitive for many.
- There was a time when broadband penetration was too slight and bandwidth costs too prohibitive for video to be watched online.
- That's hardly a prohibitive cost, but it's enough to bother some students.
| Main Entry: | swank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exclusive |
| Synonyms: | absolute, aloof, aristocratic, chic, choice, chosen, circumscribed, clannish, classy, cliquish, closed, complete, confined, country club, discriminative, elegant, entire, exclusionary, exclusory, fancy, fashionable, full, independent, licensed, limited, narrow, only, particular, peculiar, posh, preferential, private, privileged, prohibitive, restrictive, ritzy, segregated, select, selfish, single, snobbish, socially correct, sole, swanky, total*, undivided, unique, upper crust, whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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