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 on gene editing and transfer reduce the land area where trees created with transformation approaches could be grown, and dampen interest in associated research.

— Steve Strauss, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
The means for doing so include increasing the property assessment threshold for existing tax exemptions, creating new exemptions for senior citizens, and, in the case of Tennessee, instilling outright prohibitions on state property taxes.

— Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 21 July 2026

Definition of prohibitions

Noun

When the health and safety restrictions were lifted, the spending floodgates opened in a different way.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
But the Thunder, who remain $14 million above the luxury-tax line, did not trade Dort, Aaron Wiggins and Isaiah Joe because the second-apron roster-building restrictions scared them.

— Fred Katz, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of restrictions

Noun

Satellites in certain orbits can receive near-continuous solar exposure, enabling uninterrupted renewable energy generation without many of the atmospheric limitations on Earth.

— Shelli Brunswick, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Aslexandria Holloway didn’t place limitations on her students.

— Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

Definition of limitations

Noun

Past Microsoft quarters were held back by capacity constraints that left Azure revenue on the table.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 30 July 2026
Investors may have been weighing those positives against relatively soft numbers for services, and the continuing impact of supply constraints and memory costs.

— Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 30 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

Noun

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
Broad arms embargoes on Israel or a hollowing-out of the alliance would make a regional settlement harder, not easier, to come by.

— Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

Definition of embargoes

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