'Prohibited' definitions:
Definition of 'prohibited'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Prohibited'
From: GCIDE
- Prohibit \Pro*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prohibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Prohibiting.] [L. prohibitus, p. p. of prohibere to prohibit; pro before, forth + habere to have, hold. See Habit.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with the verbal noun in -ing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude. [1913 Webster]
- Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To forbid; interdict; debar; prevent; hinder.
- Usage: Prohibit, Forbid. To forbid is Anglo-Saxon, and is more familiar; to prohibit is Latin, and is more formal or official. A parent forbids his child to be out late at night; he prohibits his intercourse with the profane and vicious. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prohibited'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurd,
- banned,
- barred,
- closed-out,
- contraband,
- contrary to reason,
- debarred,
- deported,
- ejected,
- excluded,
- exiled,
- expelled,
- forbade,
- forbid,
- forbidden,
- hopeless,
- illegal,
- illicit,
- impossible,
- inconceivable,
- left out,
- liquidated,
- logically impossible,
- nonpermissible,
- not in it,
- not included,
- not permitted,
- not possible,
- off limits,
- out of bounds,
- outlawed,
- oxymoronic,
- paradoxical,
- precluded,
- preposterous,
- purged,
- ridiculous,
- ruled out,
- ruled-out,
- self-contradictory,
- shut out,
- taboo,
- tabooed,
- unallowed,
- unauthorized,
- under the ban,
- unimaginable,
- unlawful,
- unlicensed,
- unpermissible,
- unsanctioned,
- unthinkable,
- untouchable,
- verboten,
- vetoed