All forbid synonyms

verb forbid

• outlaw — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• rule out — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• censor — If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret.
• freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
• deprive — If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
• cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• proscribe — to denounce or condemn (a thing) as dangerous or harmful; prohibit.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• ban — To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
• block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• stymie — Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
• veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
• forestall — to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
• spike — an ear, as of wheat or other grain.
• obviate — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
• nix — nothing.
• interdict — Civil Law. any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.
• debar — If you are debarred from doing something, you are prevented from doing it by a law or regulation.
• taboo — proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: Taboo language is usually bleeped on TV. Synonyms: prohibited, banned, forbidden, proscribed. Antonyms: allowed, permitted, permissible; sanctioned.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• forfend — to defend, secure, or protect.
• hold up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
• shut out — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
• lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
• prohibit — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• enjoin — Instruct or urge (someone) to do something.
• exclude — Deny (someone) access to or bar (someone) from a place, group, or privilege.
• cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
• embargo — Impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity).