Synonyms of forbade

forbade

verb

variants also forbad

past tense of forbid

as in prohibited

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

smoking is forbidden throughout the building

we forbid you to see him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prohibited
• banned
• outlawed
• prevented
• discouraged
• barred
• stopped
• enjoined
• proscribed
• halted
• precluded
• excluded
• interdicted
• deterred
• dissuaded
• restrained
• curbed
• disallowed
• quashed
• vetoed
• suppressed
• rejected
• blocked
• debarred
• silenced
• deprived
• hindered
• ruled out
• impeded
• repressed
• inhibited
• shut out
• subdued
• quelled
• repudiated
• squelched
• obstructed
• checked
• squashed
• clamped down (on)
• crushed
• cracked down (on)
• put down
• embargoed
• bridled
• snuffed (out)
• reined (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• permitted
• allowed
• let
• approved
• suffered
• authorized
• endorsed
• sanctioned
• encouraged
• licensed
• supported
• ordered
• warranted
• promoted
• advanced
• forwarded
• cultivated
• commanded
• bade
• nurtured
• bore
• tolerated
• furthered
• endured
• abetted
• nourished
• countenanced
• abided
• brooked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of forbade

Many of them, including Willett, Maust and Russell, had met at Biola University, a private evangelical Christian school outside Los Angeles that forbade drinking and smoking. — Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026

He was born into enslavement in Edgefield District, South Carolina, bound by laws that forbade Black literacy. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Reservoirs have already fallen perilously low -- with one lake so dry this year that a small town nearby let its Little League field go dry and temporarily forbade residents from washing cars or watering lawns. — Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026

For decades, the United States favored an international order that forbade wars of conquest, upheld freedom of the seas, maintained a generally open global economy, and allowed populations to exercise democratic rights, even if autocracies remained. — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026

Our deist, atheist and moderate Christian founders rightly forbade theocracy with the First Amendment’s establishment clause, as incompatible with democracy. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026

Related Stories Shakeel took up dance and acting in secret because her family forbade both. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

This problem, Clark argues, could have been solved by instead drawing a blood sample from the tortoise, but Saint Helena’s officials forbade it. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026

Her profession as a psychologist forbade such magical thinking. — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026