Synonyms for prohibitory

Most common

preventive · forbidding · prohibitive

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Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   That serves to prohibit or forbid

Example sentences

• preventive That's the most realistic preventive measure, I think.
• forbidding There is a very strict rule forbidding smoking in bed.
• prohibitive The cost of entry to some gigs is prohibitive.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

10 letters

preventive³, forbidding³

11 letters

prohibitive⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (preventive³ = 3 syllables).