BANNED Synonyms: 168 Similar and Opposite Words

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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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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 Taiwan is weighing export controls that would restrict AI chip sales to all customers in China, Bloomberg reported Tuesday—a move that would bring the island into closer alignment with US rules that have banned such sales since 2022. —

Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 June 2026 The novel was initially ignored, and then—after Graham Greene called it one of the best books of the year—dismissed, and then banned, first in the UK and then in France. —

Literary Hub, 8 June 2026 In buildings and homes constructed before 1986, the year lead pipes were banned, contamination remains an invisible risk, including inside many of Chicago’s public schools. —

Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026 Iranian flags of pre-1979 revolution vintage — flags that many Iranian-Americans wave as a protest against the current regime in Tehran — are banned from the match, per FIFA. —

Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 8 June 2026 Russia recently banned the import of a number of Armenian products, including, flowers, wine and fish. —

Avet Demourian, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 The regional government banned the JAAC last week, citing concerns over public order and security, and arrested dozens of its followers. —

ABC News, 8 June 2026 Since January, more than two dozen college basketball players have been permanently banned for game fixing. —

Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 June 2026

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Adjective

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