Synonyms for disallow
Definitions
- v. 1
To refuse to allow.
The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.
- v. 2
To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.
Related words
- Word family
- disallowance
Forms
- Past participle
- disallowed
e.g. disallowed → prohibited, forbidden, proscribed, rejected…
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Debar is said of persons, disallow of acts; one is debarred from anything when shut off, as by some irresistible authority or necessity; one is prohibited from an act in express terms; he may be debarred by silent necessity.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- reject Voters may yet reject the misbegotten 'Dream Act'.
- forbid This man I forbid any one to receive or address.
- prohibit Shame can limit what the law does not prohibit.
- deny You can't deny the fact that she had a hand in it.
- disavow Most of them disavow and denounce that sort of behavior.
By length
- 3 letters
- ban1, nix1
- 4 letters
- deny2, veto2
- 5 letters
- taboo2
- 6 letters
- reject2, forbid2, disown2, abjure
- 7 letters
- censure2, disavow3
- 8 letters
- prohibit3, renounce2, disclaim2, forswear2, forspeak
- 9 letters
- repudiate4, interdict3, proscribe2
- 10 letters
- disapprove3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deny2 = 2 syllables).