Synonyms for prohibitive
proʊˈhɪb ɪ tɪvpro·hib·i·tive

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1. prohibitive, prohibitoryadjective

   tending to discourage (especially of prices)

   "the price was prohibitive"

   Synonyms:
   prohibitory

   Antonyms:
   permissive

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1. prohibitiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   PROHIBITORY

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1. List of paraphrases for "prohibitive":

   unaffordable, exorbitant, insurmountable

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1. Julius Baer analyst Carsten Menke:

   The costs of direct military confrontation are prohibitive, and disrupting oil flows would alienate loose allies such as China and India, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint of global oil flows, remains a very unlikely event.

2. Shannon Symonds:

   I'm glad that The Nintendo Play Station is highlighting the need for video game preservation, and obviously I wish Terry Diebold and his son'd been able to have The Nintendo Play Station in the museum's collection, but Terry Diebold and his son've never had the goal of getting every single piece of gaming history. Not only would it be prohibitive in terms of money and space, it's also not necessary to tell the history of video games.

3. William Frank Buckley, Jr.:

   Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive.

4. Lisa Hawkins:

   A 50 % tariff on American whiskeys would no doubt make it cost prohibitive for some craft distillers to do business in European Union after all the time, energy and investment they spent working to break into this important international market.

5. Jim Clyburn:

   I think when the night is over, Joe Biden will be the prohibitive favorite to win the Democratic nomination, and quite frankly, if the night ends the way it has begun, I think it is time for us to shut this primary down. It is time for us to cancel the rest of these debates.