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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not allowed, permitted |
| Synonyms: | anathema, banned, beyond the pale, disapproved, forbidden, frowned on, illegal, off limits, out of bounds, outlawed, prohibited, proscribed, reserved, restricted, ruled out, unacceptable, unmentionable, unthinkable |
| Antonyms: | acceptable, allowed, mentionable, ok |
| 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: | ban |
| 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: | contraband |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | black-market; unlawful |
| Synonyms: | banned, bootleg, bootlegged, disapproved, excluded, forbidden, hot*, illegal, illicit, interdicted, prohibited, proscribed, shut out, smuggled, taboo, unauthorized, verboten |
| Antonyms: | allowed, lawful, legal, permitted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deny |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree, renounce, decline |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, ban, begrudge, call on, contradict, contravene, controvert, curb, disacknowledge, disallow, disavow, disbelieve, discard, disclaim, discredit, disown, disprove, doubt, enjoin from, eschew, exclude, forbid, forgo, forsake, gainsay, hold back, keep back, negate, negative, not buy, nullify, oppose, rebuff, rebut, recant, refuse, refute, reject, repudiate, restrain, revoke, sacrifice, say no to, spurn, taboo, take exception to, turn down, turn thumbs down, veto, withhold |
| Notes: | deny means to declare untrue or refuse to accept or believe or to refuse to recognize or acknowledge; refute means to prove to be false, wrong, or incorrect |
| Antonyms: | accede, acknowledge, admit, affirm, agree, allow, concede, confess, corroborate, go along, grant |
| Main Entry: | disallow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reject, prohibit |
| Synonyms: | abjure, cancel, censor, debar, deny, disacknowledge, disavow, disclaim, dismiss, disown, embargo, exclude, forbid, keep back, kill, nix, pass on, proscribe, put down, rebuff, refuse, repudiate, shut out, taboo*, veto, withhold, zing |
| Antonyms: | allow, permit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enjoin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | forbid |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, deny, disallow, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, place injunction on, preclude, prohibit, proscribe, restrain, taboo |
| Antonyms: | allow, permit |
| Main Entry: | except |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave out |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, bate, count out, debar, disallow, eliminate, exclude, exempt, expostulate, inveigh, object, omit, pass over, protest, reject, remonstrate, rule out, suspend, taboo |
| Notes: | accept is 'take or agree to' and except means 'exclude, leave out' |
| Antonyms: | admit, allow, include |
| Main Entry: | forbid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | outlaw, prohibit an action |
| Synonyms: | ban, block, cancel, censor, check, debar, declare illegal, deny, deprive, disallow, embargo, enjoin, exclude, forestall, forfend, freeze*, halt, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, interdict, lock up, nix, obstruct, obviate, oppose, preclude, prevent, proscribe, put the chill on, restrain, restrict, rule out, say no, shut down, shut out, spike*, stop, stymie*, taboo*, veto, withhold |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, authorize, permit, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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