What are some alternative words for prohibition?
Synonyms for prohibition
ˌproʊ əˈbɪʃ ən
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Princeton's WordNet
prohibition(noun)
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
"in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
Synonyms:
ban, forbiddance, proscription, inhibition, prohibition eraprohibition, ban, proscription(noun)
a decree that prohibits something
Synonyms:
forbidding, inhibition, forbiddance, ban, banning, prohibition era, proscription, banishmentprohibition, prohibition era(noun)
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
Synonyms:
ban, forbiddance, proscription, inhibition, prohibition eraprohibition(noun)
refusal to approve or assent to
Synonyms:
ban, forbiddance, proscription, inhibition, prohibition eraprohibition, inhibition, forbiddance(noun)
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
"they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
Synonyms:
forbidding, inhibition, forbiddance, ban, banning, prohibition era, proscription, suppression
Wiktionary
Prohibition(propernoun)
Antonyms:
permissionprohibition(noun)
An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
Antonyms:
permissionprohibition(noun)
Antonyms:
permission
English Synonyms and Antonyms
prohibition
A bar is something that is or may be firmly fixed, ordinarily with intent to prevent entrance or egress; as, the bars of a prison cell; the bars of a wood-lot. A barrier obstructs, but is not necessarily impassable. Barrier is used of objects more extensive than those to which bar is ordinarily applied. A mountain range may be a barrier to exploration; but a mass of sand across the entrance to a harbor is called a bar. Discovered falsehood is a bar to confidence. Barricade has become practically a technical name for an improvised street fortification, and, unless in some way modified, is usually so understood. A parapet is a low or breast-high wall, as about the edge of a roof, terrace, etc., especially, in military use, such a wall for the protection of troops; a rampart is the embankment surrounding a fort, on which the parapet is raised; the word rampart is often used as including the parapet. Bulwark is a general word for any defensive wall or rampart; its only technical use at present is in nautical language, where it signifies the raised side of a ship above the upper deck, topped by the rail. Compare BOUNDARY; IMPEDIMENT.
Synonyms:
bar, barricade, barrier, breastwork, bulwark, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, parapet, rampart, restraint, restrictionAntonyms:
admittance, entrance, opening, passage, road, thoroughfare, transit, wayPreposition:
A barrier to progress, against invasion; a barrier between nations.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
prohibition
Synonyms:
interdiction, inhibition, interdict, embargo, disallowanceAntonyms:
allowance, permission
Dictionary of English Synonymes
prohibition(n.)
Synonyms:
interdiction, interdict, inhibition, disallowance, embargo
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "prohibition":
ban, banning, prohibiting, prohibit, prohibitions, interdiction, prohibited, proscription, 'interdiction, bans, nuclear-test-ban, prohibits, banned, embargo, outlawing
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
Prohibition
Synonyms:
The Noble Experiment
How to use prohibition in a sentence?
This business is still in its infancy. It's like investing in alcohol post-Prohibition. There will be tons of growth, but there are going to be home runs and there will be lots of strikeouts.
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin:
That's why I will work with you to craft the right bill that thoughtfully and carefully eliminates the era of prohibition that is currently failing us so miserably.
Prohibition creates a bigger criminal market, not a smaller one.
We will refuse to provide assistance to foreign NGOs that give financial support to other foreign groups in the global abortion industry, we will enforce a strict prohibition on backdoor funding schemes and end-runs around our policy.
We met over several days and I spoke with some of our allies, the National Security Council considered the near century-old international prohibition against the use of chemical weapons. Defense Secretary James Mattis maintains The Syrian regime repeatedly and deliberately violated the international law. The Pentagon says the response was a retaliatory strike for Assad’s chemical attack on innocent civilians including children.
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