prohibited

pro·hib·it·ed
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UK/pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪd/UK/pɹəʊˈhɪbɪtɪd/Canada, US/pɹoʊˈhɪbɪtɪd/Canada, US[pɹoʊˈhɪbɪɾɪd]

adjective

Forbidden; banned; unallowed.

Similar
proscribedverbotenbanneddisallowedforbiddenimpermissibleillegalillicit
Opposite
allowedpermitted
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Meanings

adjectiveprohibited (comparative more prohibited, superlative most prohibited)

comparative more prohibited · superlative most prohibited

  1. Forbidden; banned; unallowed.

    Theater works and religious essays were the most prohibited literary genres

    1993, Germán Bleiberg, Dictionary of the literature of the Iberian peninsula, Volume 1, →ISBN, page 374

    Synonyms: proscribed, verboten, banned, disallowed, forbidden, impermissible, illegal, illicit · Antonyms: allowed, permitted

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of prohibit

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveForbidden; banned; unallowed.

Similar
proscribedverbotenbanneddisallowedforbiddenimpermissibleillegalillicitinterdictednonallowednonlicetproscribedproscriptunallowedunpermittedverboten
Opposite
allowedpermitted

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveexcluded from use or mention

Similar
forbiddenoutproscribedtabootabuverbotenimpermissible

adjectiveforbidden by law

Similar
bannedillegal
Also see
banneddisallowedforbiddenillegalillicitimpermissibleinterdictednonallowednonlicetoutproscribedproscripttaboounallowedunpermittedverboten

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Spanish prohibido
  • prohibidoforbidden
Cite this entry
APA

prohibited. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prohibited

MLA

“prohibited.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prohibited. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prohibited,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prohibited.

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