| VERB | communication | forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix | command against |
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| social | forbid, prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude | keep from happening / happening or arising |
| Sounds | faobih'd; ferbih'd | |
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| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 609 rhymes with ihd... | |
| Meaning | command against. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Model | Sam and Sue forbid the movie | |
| Example | "I forbid you to call me late at night" | |
| Synonyms | prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix | |
| Narrower | ban | prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure |
| bar, debar, exclude | prevent from entering | |
| enjoin | issue an injunction | |
| outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise | declare illegal | |
| Broader | command, require | make someone do something |
| Opposite | permit, allow, let, countenance | consent to, give permission |
| Spanish | prohibir | |
| Nouns | forbiddance | the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) |
| forbiddance, forbidding | an official prohibition or edict against something | |
| Meaning | Keep from happening / happening or arising; make impossible. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" | |
| Synonyms | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude | |
| Narrower | debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off | prevent the occurrence of |
| obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of | |
| save, make unnecessary | make unnecessary an expenditure or effort | |
| stop, halt, block, kibosh | Stop from happening / happening or developing | |
| thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | |
| Catalan | destorbar, impedir | |
| Spanish | estorbar, impedir | |