Synonyms of prohibition

prohibition

noun

ˌprō-ə-ˈbi-shən 

1

as in banning

the act of ordering that something not be done or used

the principal's prohibition against the use of cell phones in the school building met with unanimous approval by the teachers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• banning
• prohibiting
• proscription
• outlawing
• forbidding
• interdiction
• suppression
• barring
• enjoining
• proscribing
• interdicting
• instruction
• charging
• bidding
• dictation
• deterrence
• repression
• direction
• discouragement
• decreeing
• coercion
• compulsion
• constraint
• dissuading
• force

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• permission
• approval
• allowance
• endorsement
• sanction
• license
• toleration
• authorization
• support
• promotion
• clearance
• indorsement
• sufferance
• encouragement
• licence
• compliance
• submission
• obedience

2

as in ban

an order that something not be done or used

the school issued a prohibition against wearing clothing with obscene and provocative slogans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ban
• embargo
• injunction
• veto
• interdiction
• proscription
• restriction
• warning
• interdict
• objection
• edict
• taboo
• protest
• suppression
• prevention
• refusal
• limitation
• inhibition
• repression
• discouragement
• deterrent
• decree
• tabu
• mandate
• restraint
• denial
• no-no
• constraint
• commandment
• rejection
• negation
• disallowance
• caveat
• dictate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prescription
• tolerance
• consent
• sanction
• permitting
• license
• toleration
• licensing
• authorization
• permission
• granting
• approval
• allowing
• allowance
• licence
• support
• clearance
• promotion
• letting
• endorsement
• okay
• leave
• indorsement
• approbation
• sanctioning
• blessing
• agreement
• encouragement
• compliance
• enabling
• facilitation
• sufferance
• licencing
• OK
• submission
• obedience
• imprimatur
• acquiescence
• assent
• accession

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prohibition

For example, Goldwater Institute's claim that the increase in the bed tax constitutes an unconstitutional tax on a service misconstrues the Arizona Constitution's prohibition on tax increases for services. —Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025

The current version of the policy maintains prohibitions on Holocaust denials, Blackface, insinuations about Jewish people controlling the media. —Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025

Policy may stem from surgeon general's letter At the Nov. 14 meeting, the new prohibitions were relayed to program staff by Tonya Joiner, an assistant secretary in the department and the head of the Office of Public Health, and Katye Magee, a policy director. —Rosemary Westwood, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024

Drone prohibitions go as far south as Hancocks Bridge and as far north as Cedar Grove and Clifton. —Jay Blackman, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024