FORBIDDEN Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

fər-ˈbi-dᵊn

Definition of forbidden

as in prohibited

that may not be permitted trespassing is forbidden

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verb

past participle of forbid

as in banned

to order not to do or use or to be done or used smoking is forbidden throughout the building we forbid you to see him

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Recent Examples of forbidden

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As Venus and Uranus harmonize, permit yourself to indulge a forbidden desire. — Usa Today, USA Today, 15 June 2026 Obsession, a Toronto premiere that has since turned into one of the year’s unlikeliest box-office successes with rare, late-run weekend gains, traces how forbidden desire spirals into supernatural terror. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026

Verb

State media was forbidden from reporting on the epidemic, and details of hospital admissions and deaths were suppressed. — David J. Hunter, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026 Louisiana officials agree they’re no longer needed and describe them as relics of a time when Black students were forbidden from attending some schools. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for forbidden

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As a preventive measure, Assemblymember Chris Rogers, D-Ukiah, introduced AB 928, which would have prohibited a person from keeping more than 25 caged or tethered game fowl roosters.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
His two sisters were students before the Taliban prohibited girls from continuing beyond primary school.

— Fatima Faizi, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of prohibited

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Following the January 2025 midair collision at Reagan National Airport, helicopters were also banned from a four-mile stretch of the neighboring Potomac River when flights were landing.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
In different cases, Cirilli has taken on the NCAA and several universities across the country over transgender women athletes being banned from competing in sports events.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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