NO-NOS 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

These prohibitions include drag, burlesque and karaoke events.

— Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Trump in his current term has used proclamations to lift commercial fishing prohibitions within expansive marine monuments in areas of the Pacific Ocean and in the Atlantic Ocean off the New England coast.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026

Definition of prohibitions

Noun

That leads to a long discussion of the use of restraints on the elderly.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
This new wave is fueled by the tens of billions of dollars in new funding the agency received from a Congress that has failed to impose any restraints on ICE.

— Kica Matos, Time, 17 July 2026

Definition of restraints

Noun

Any restrictions on player registration would not apply to the Premier League, but UEFA does have the power to limit whom Newcastle can name in a ‘List A’ squad for European competitions.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Another issue is the characterization of the country’s Citizenship by Investment Program, which the White House cited in justifying the travel restrictions.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026

Definition of restrictions

Noun

Two sources familiar with the matter told CNN over the weekend the uranium enrichment provision includes stipulations imposed by the US, but details of potential limitations are unclear.

— Arpita Dasika, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
In an AI‑enabled world, failure will be a lot less about operational limitations, inability to build, lack of analysis or compromised access to information.

— Sid Mohasseb, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of limitations

Noun

The Saudis can reroute that oil north through the Suez Canal, but the largest, fully laden oil tankers can’t get through that way because of depth constraints, noted Natasha Kaneva, head of global commodities strategy at JPMorgan.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Berman, who has never constructed a building from the ground up, told me his willingness to work around such constraints was his competitive edge.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026

Definition of constraints

Noun

Put inhibitions aside to experience the latest episode of Doc Talk, hosted by John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Shirley), and Matt Carey, Deadline’s senior documentary editor.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 June 2026
The little people are being menaced by a dark force—a force with power, money, and very few moral inhibitions.

— Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026

Definition of inhibitions

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