BANNED Synonyms: 168 Similar and Opposite Words

banned 1 of 2

adjective

as in prohibited

that may not be permitted at one time books, movies, and plays could use "banned in Boston" as a selling point

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verb

past tense of ban

as in outlawed

to order not to do or use or to be done or used the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings

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as in excluded

to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies

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Recent Examples of banned

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Many fans have worn the pre-revolutionary flag of the sun and lion that FIFA had banned inside stadiums. —

Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 June 2026 So does Hochul think horse carriages should be banned? —

Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 16 June 2026 The Securities and Exchange Commission, for instance, banned short selling on certain financial stocks, a move that upset Citadel’s efforts to hedge some securities. —

Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 During 1978, despite being banned in Queensland, Australia and the Middle East, Opium flew off the shelves just about everywhere else. —

Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026 In an email to a Star reporter Monday, Scouting America said Valdez was removed and permanently banned from the organization following his arrest. —

Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026 Those countries have also previously banned Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister. —

Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026 Bahrain banned public mourning for Iran’s late supreme leader and has handed life sentences to men convicted of links to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. —

Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 15 June 2026 Peregrine falcons were heavily impacted by the use of the pesticide DDT, which was banned across the United States in 1972. —

Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026

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There is, however, room for questions about where the line between prohibited and acceptable political involvement will fall in practice.

— BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 11 July 2025
The list of prohibited and restricted items, as found on the CBP website, includes alcohol, biological materials, firearms, food and produce such as fruits and vegetables, soil, wildlife, fish, and gold, among other items.

— Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025