Synonyms of barring

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noun

as in prohibiting

the act of ordering that something not be done or used

most of the restaurant's customers applauded the barring of the use of cell phones in the dining room

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

barring

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preposition

as in except

not including

we'll be there, barring rain or some other unexpected problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• except
• excepting
• besides
• but
• beside
• excluding
• except for
• other than
• saving
• bar
• apart from
• outside
• save
• exclusive of
• outside of
• aside from

barring

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verb

present participle of bar

1

as in striping

to make stripes on

barred the fence with white strips

Synonyms & Similar Words

• striping
• streaking
• banding
• blazing

2

as in forbidding

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

corporal punishment has long been barred in most public schools

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in excluding

to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of

beach-goers are barred from walking in roped-off sections of the beach to protect nesting birds

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

4

as in guarding

to disallow entry into (a place) by means of a physical barrier at the entry point

the bikeway was barred by a huge fallen tree

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guarding
• blockading
• closing (off)
• blocking (off)
• barricading
• locking
• walling (off)
• obstructing
• screening (off)
• gating
• hedging
• fencing
• curtaining (off)
• diking
• bolting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opening
• reopening
• unbarring
• unblocking
• unbolting