NO-NO'S Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

no-no's

noun

variants or no-nos

plural of no-no

as in prohibitions

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Noun

But others said that tariffs have led some manufacturers to boost costs for their consumers, adding to the cost-prohibitions that have softened demand for RVs.

— Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2026
Red-state legislatures rushed to pass stringent prohibitions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of prohibitions

Noun

Jane Doe, wearing in wrist restraints and leg shackles, was placed in the back seat of a sheriff’s patrol vehicle for transportation.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Put differently, blindness, two-handedness, and the continuous line are restraints that freed Nauman from the habits of description.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of restraints

Noun

The edits showed OpenAI‘s agents had repurposed the site into a message board, sharing tactics to cheat on some tasks, bypass OpenAI’s restrictions and mask their behavior.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Congress approved a measure as part of its government funding bill in November 2025, initially giving companies until this November to comply with new restrictions on intoxicating hemp products that had been allowed under the 2018 farm bill.

— Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of restrictions

Noun

Transplants of muscle stem cells are a promising avenue for research, having distinct advantages over other tissues in their ability to encourage the growth of new blood vessels and limitations on rapid growth.

— Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
The technology is designed to overcome the limitations created by separate hardware architectures, kinematic models, and control systems traditionally used across different types of ground robots.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of limitations

Noun

Importantly, this outlook not only incorporates the chip supply Broadcom expects to receive, but also physical infrastructure constraints such as land, power, and data center shells.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Those questions belong with the operating side of the business, because that is where the priorities, constraints and accountability already live.

— Brian Harmison, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of constraints

Noun

Many visual motifs emerge, most notably the men in the crowd who shed any inhibitions to cry, dance, and belt the songs at the top of their lungs.

— Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
As art and its creators have shed their inhibitions in this post-Sadean world, politicians and cultural commentators have reliably lined up to condemn this total freedom of expression as being dangerous to society.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of inhibitions

Noun

Despite being tightly controlled, technologically backward, and subject to crippling Western trade embargoes, the country has recorded year-on-year GDP growth of more than 3%, of which many advanced economies could only dream.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 25 Aug. 2026
That would match last year’s schedule when review embargoes for iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone Air lifted in the same moment.

— David Phelan, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of embargoes

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