prohibit

prohibit is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
3. verb. command against

   "I forbid you to call me late at night"

   "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"

   Synonyms: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, proscribe, veto

Synonyms

disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, proscribe, veto

Common word forms

prohibits, prohibited, prohibiter, prohibiting

Words from these letters

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