FORBID as VERB

1. Meaning
   • command against
   Synonym(s)
   • disallow (what does disallow mean?)
   • interdict (what does interdict mean?)
   • prohibit (what does prohibit mean?)
   • proscribe (what does proscribe mean?)
   • veto (what does veto mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • I forbid you to call me late at night
   • Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store
   Hypernyms(s) forbid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • command (what does command mean?)
   • require (what does require mean?)
   • compel (what does compel mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • permit (what does permit mean?)
   • allow (what does allow mean?)
   • let (what does let mean?)
   • countenance (what does countenance mean?)
   • permit (what does permit mean?)
   • allow (what does allow mean?)
   • let (what does let mean?)
   • countenance (what does countenance mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ban (what does ban mean?)
   • bar (what does bar mean?)
   • debar (what does debar mean?)
   • exclude (what does exclude mean?)
   • enjoin (what does enjoin mean?)
   • outlaw (what does outlaw mean?)
   • criminalize (what does criminalize mean?)
   • criminalise (what does criminalise mean?)
   • illegalize (what does illegalize mean?)
   • illegalise (what does illegalise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • veto (what does veto mean?)
   • prohibition (what does prohibition mean?)
   • ban (what does ban mean?)
   • proscription (what does proscription mean?)
   • banishment (what does banishment mean?)
   • proscription (what does proscription mean?)
   • interdict (what does interdict mean?)
   • interdiction (what does interdiction mean?)
   • interdiction (what does interdiction mean?)
   • prohibition (what does prohibition mean?)
   • inhibition (what does inhibition mean?)
   • forbiddance (what does forbiddance mean?)
   • ban (what does ban mean?)
   • banning (what does banning mean?)
   • forbiddance (what does forbiddance mean?)
   • forbidding (what does forbidding mean?)
   • ban (what does ban mean?)
   • banning (what does banning mean?)
   • forbiddance (what does forbiddance mean?)
   • forbidding (what does forbidding mean?)
   • prohibition (what does prohibition mean?)
   • inhibition (what does inhibition mean?)
   • forbiddance (what does forbiddance mean?)
2. Meaning
   • keep from happening or arising
   • have the effect of preventing
   Synonym(s)
   • foreclose (what does foreclose mean?)
   • forestall (what does forestall mean?)
   • preclude (what does preclude mean?)
   • prevent (what does prevent mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
   Hyponym(s)
   • save (what does save mean?)
   • make unnecessary (what does make unnecessary mean?)
   • debar (what does debar mean?)
   • obviate (what does obviate mean?)
   • deflect (what does deflect mean?)
   • avert (what does avert mean?)
   • head off (what does head off mean?)
   • stave off (what does stave off mean?)
   • fend off (what does fend off mean?)
   • avoid (what does avoid mean?)
   • ward off (what does ward off mean?)
   • obstruct (what does obstruct mean?)
   • blockade (what does blockade mean?)
   • block (what does block mean?)
   • hinder (what does hinder mean?)
   • stymie (what does stymie mean?)
   • stymy (what does stymy mean?)
   • embarrass (what does embarrass mean?)
   • thwart (what does thwart mean?)
   • queer (what does queer mean?)
   • spoil (what does spoil mean?)
   • scotch (what does scotch mean?)
   • foil (what does foil mean?)
   • cross (what does cross mean?)
   • frustrate (what does frustrate mean?)
   • baffle (what does baffle mean?)
   • bilk (what does bilk mean?)
   • stop (what does stop mean?)
   • halt (what does halt mean?)
   • block (what does block mean?)
   • kibosh (what does kibosh mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • obviation (what does obviation mean?)
   • forestalling (what does forestalling mean?)
   • preclusion (what does preclusion mean?)
   • obviation (what does obviation mean?)
   • forestalling (what does forestalling mean?)
   • preclusion (what does preclusion mean?)