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synonyms for forbidden

  • outlawed
  • prohibited
  • banned
  • closed
  • no-go
  • proscribed
  • refused
  • taboo
  • vetoed
  • black-market
  • closed-down
  • closed-up
  • contraband
  • no-no
  • off-limits
  • out of bounds
  • verboten
See also synonyms for: unforbidden

antonyms for forbidden

MOST RELEVANT
  • allowed
  • approved
  • authorized
  • permitted
  • sanctioned
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The highway crossed two huge rivers that looked like seas, gas stations, McDonald’s, hotels, hospitals, and hundreds of billboards that bombarded me with forbidden culinary delights.
LOCKED UP IN THE LAND OF LIBERTY: PART IIIYARIEL VALDÉS GONZÁLEZJULY 21, 2021WASHINGTON BLADE
It is a forbidden luxury that simply does not fit into the most basics of living.
LOCKED UP IN THE LAND OF LIBERTY: PART IIMICHAEL K. LAVERSJULY 14, 2021WASHINGTON BLADE
In the House bill, the tax benefits would only be stripped from the part of the account involved in the forbidden transaction.
CAMPAIGN TO REIN IN MEGA IRA TAX SHELTERS GAINS STEAM IN CONGRESS FOLLOWING PROPUBLICA REPORTBY JAMES BANDLER, PATRICIA CALLAHAN AND JUSTIN ELLIOTTJULY 7, 2021PROPUBLICA
They made me take off my shoes, which they thoroughly checked for any forbidden items.
LOCKED UP IN THE LAND OF LIBERTY: PART IYARIEL VALDÉS GONZÁLEZJULY 7, 2021WASHINGTON BLADE
The forbidden love story is the selling point, but the mysteries around witches, vampires and demons give it a highbrow veneer.
THESE ARE THE BEST FANTASY TV SHOW ADAPTATIONS TO WATCH NOWRAISA BRUNERAPRIL 27, 2021TIME
I shipped for a voyage to Japan and China, and spent several more years trying to penetrate the forbidden fastnesses of Tibet.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMAN
Though, as everybody well knew, the doctor had forbidden her to lift so much as a pin!
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
Even then the Prime Minister was with difficulty prevented from bowling during forbidden hours.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 107, NOVEMBER 3, 1894VARIOUS
By an Act passed in the 4th of William and Mary foreign buttons made of hair were forbidden to be imported.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELL
In the same year he also manufactured two million penny tokens for our soldiers in Spain, which were not forbidden.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELL
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WORDS RELATED TO FORBIDDEN

  • black-market
  • forbidden
  • illegal
  • taboo
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