Synonyms of banning

banning 1 of 2

noun

as in prohibiting

the act of ordering that something not be done or used

the banning of the use of foul language at town council meetings was long overdue

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prohibiting
• prohibition
• outlawing
• forbidding
• barring
• proscription
• proscribing
• interdiction
• suppression
• enjoining
• interdicting
• charging
• instruction
• bidding
• decreeing
• direction
• dictation
• deterrence
• repression
• discouragement
• dissuading
• coercion
• compulsion
• constraint
• force

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• permission
• approval
• allowance
• support
• sanction
• endorsement
• toleration
• license
• promotion
• authorization
• clearance
• sufferance
• encouragement
• compliance
• submission
• obedience

banning

2 of 2

verb

present participle of ban

1

as in forbidding

to order not to do or use or to be done or used

the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prohibiting
• forbidding
• outlawing
• preventing
• discouraging
• proscribing
• barring
• stopping
• halting
• excluding
• enjoining
• interdicting
• restraining
• curbing
• precluding
• deterring
• blocking
• suppressing
• quashing
• silencing
• rejecting
• disallowing
• dissuading
• repressing
• vetoing
• depriving
• quelling
• impeding
• subduing
• inhibiting
• hindering
• shutting out
• squashing
• ruling out
• checking
• squelching
• obstructing
• crushing
• embargoing
• repudiating
• cracking down (on)
• debarring
• clamping down (on)
• putting down
• snuffing (out)
• bridling
• reining (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• permitting
• allowing
• letting
• approving
• suffering
• authorizing
• endorsing
• sanctioning
• supporting
• promoting
• encouraging
• licensing
• advancing
• warranting
• forwarding
• ordering
• cultivating
• furthering
• abetting
• commanding
• nurturing
• bidding
• tolerating
• bearing
• enduring
• abiding
• nourishing
• countenancing
• brooking

2

as in excluding

to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of

the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excluding
• prohibiting
• eliminating
• barring
• preventing
• debarring
• suspending
• excepting
• counting (out)
• banishing
• expelling
• shutting out
• ruling out
• freezing out
• exiling
• closing one's doors to
• blacklisting
• closing out
• blocking
• precluding
• excommunicating
• ostracizing
• blackballing
• deporting
• deterring
• impeding
• hindering
• obviating
• obstructing
• ceasing
• ousting
• halting
• discontinuing
• checking off
• warding (off)
• disregarding
• weeding (out)
• combing (out)
• staving off
• throwing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• including
• admitting
• receiving
• accepting
• embracing
• welcoming
• entertaining
• taking in
• unbanning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of banning

Noun

Meanwhile, in those years since the banning, the GNFP audience continued to grow. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Rescues during holidays have declined in recent years, owing to the prohibition of alcohol on Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the Fourth of July, along with the banning of diving along the Clay Banks, Nunez said. — Reeti Malhotra july 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

The talk was organized by local synagogues and the Chattanooga Jewish Federation in response to the banning of the novel by a nearby Tennessee school district a month prior. — Spin Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026

Magyar’s focus on the economy means reform of Hungary’s draconian anti-LGBTQ+ laws, which currently includes the banning of Pride marches and fines for promoting homosexuality in schools, may not be a priority. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026

Still, Sylvain sees the banning of innocent users as a potential overcorrection. — Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026

Board members who have personal agendas – for example book banning, cell phone usage, gender and pronoun issues, history lessons, religious instruction – may be looking for a leader who feels similarly. — Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026

Against the backdrop of ’90s theatricality, the most meaningful gesture of the week remains the banning of phones. — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026

These included the banning of the works of Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian Bengali poet and Nobel laureate, and Pres. — Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026

Verb

Lawmakers in several states have proposed restricting or even banning them. — Sally C. Pipes, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

And two of the core principles should be, one, banning any self- improving AI, recursive self-improving AI. — CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

The other has been hidden by banning media coverage, so the world has seen nothing but cell phone videos made by Palestinian journalists risking their lives to record them. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce famously decided to keep their 1,000-person Madison Square Garden under wraps by banning all devices from the venue. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 17 Sep. 2026

More broadly, seizing the Arabian Peninsula’s other choke point and banning Saudi shipping through it makes the Houthis look, to much of the world and no small part of Yemen, like Tehran’s instrument – whatever their own objectives actually are. — Mahad D. Darar, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026

Think about environmental regulations, and limits on and banning certain pesticides. — Laina Gustafson, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2026

At least 25 states are now enforcing laws or policies banning transgender women and girls from competing in at least some women’s and girls’ sports and three others have adopted laws but have enforcement blocked by the courts. — Steve Peoples, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Finding the right balance between banning AI outright and allowing students to become overreliant on it is now vexing universities nationwide. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026