Synonyms for Taboo
təˈbu, tæ-taboo

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1. taboo, tabunoun

   a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

   Synonyms:
   tabu, taboo

   Antonyms:
   permissible, secular, allowable, profane

2. taboo, tabuadjective

   an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

   Synonyms:
   tabu, taboo

   Antonyms:
   allowable, profane, permissible, secular

3. forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verbotenadjective

   excluded from use or mention

   "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"

   Antonyms:
   secular, permissible, profane, allowable

4. taboo, tabuverb

   forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

   Synonyms:
   verboten, taboo, prohibited, tabu, proscribed, out(p), forbidden

   Antonyms:
   permissible, allowable, secular, profane

5. tabooverb

   declare as sacred and forbidden

   Antonyms:
   profane, permissible, allowable, secular

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1. • Restrict

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1. taboonoun

   Synonyms:
   interdict, prohibition

2. tabooverb

   Synonyms:
   interdict, forbid, prohibit, put under taboo, put under an interdict, forbid to be used or touched

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1. tabooadjective

   Synonyms:
   prohibited, forbidden, interdicted, proscribed

2. taboonoun

   Synonyms:
   interdiction, prohibition, proscription

3. tabooverb

   Synonyms:
   interdict, prohibit, proscribe

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "taboo":

   no-no

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1. List of known nicknames for "Taboo":

   Jaime Luis Gomez, Jaime Gomez, Taboo Nawasha, Taboo the rapper, Jim Luis Angryfoot, Jaime Luis Gómez, The Black Eyed Peas, Black Eyed Peas

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1. Larry Rand:

   Especially in low - and middle-income countries with really high preterm birth rates and huge neonatal mortality rates, one of the biggest problems is, there is no ultrasound, and women are not empowered to keep track of their last menstrual cycle. It's often taboo to keep track of or talk about your period, that is one of the biggest problems we have worldwide, and lots of folks have been working on trying to find another way -- ideally an inexpensive test -- to figure out what the gestational age is for any given pregnancy.

2. Helen Strudwick:

   The coffins show the skill and care with which the Egyptians prepared for the afterlife, to us, for whom death is a taboo subject, this seems like a morbid preoccupation. In fact, it was an obsession with life and an urgent wish to ensure its perfected continuation.

3. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

   The key to solving (Iran's) economic problems is ... inside the country, if pens and papers on the desks, to construction materials and anything else can be produced in the country, it should be forbidden and considered a taboo.

4. Jefferson County Coroner Gerry Cvitanovich:

   This whole situation has made it impossible for him to do what he was elected to do: effectively govern, and as the father of four children under the age of 17, it doesn’t matter if it was a boy or a girl. When you are an elected official, it’s just so taboo, you can’t go there. You’re in a position of power, you can’t abuse that.

5. Rashid Rashid:

   The people think that the musical methods and singing may lead to dancing, so they may not accept it, before we adopted this method at all of the schools, we chose 25 schools and made it clear to the headmasters that the musical method is not taboo and not shameful.