Synonyms of proscribe

proscribe

verb

prō-ˈskrīb 

as in to prohibit

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

regulations proscribe the use of electronic devices on board a plane while it is landing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prohibit
• forbid
• ban
• outlaw
• discourage
• prevent
• enjoin
• stop
• exclude
• halt
• preclude
• bar
• interdict
• restrain
• deter
• dissuade
• quash
• suppress
• repress
• curb
• reject
• deprive
• disallow
• subdue
• impede
• inhibit
• quell
• hinder
• shut out
• rule out
• veto
• silence
• embargo
• repudiate
• obstruct
• block
• debar
• squelch
• crack down (on)
• check
• clamp down (on)
• put down
• crush
• squash
• snuff (out)
• rein (in)
• bridle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• permit
• allow
• let
• approve
• suffer
• endorse
• authorize
• promote
• encourage
• sanction
• support
• warrant
• forward
• license
• advance
• cultivate
• order
• further
• tolerate
• bid
• command
• abide
• endure
• nurture
• abet
• bear
• nourish
• countenance
• brook

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of proscribe

Last Friday, the High Court ruled that the government’s decision to proscribe the group as a terrorist organisation had been unlawful. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 21 Feb. 2026

Free speech was tremendously proscribed. — Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026

The British government has proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist group. — Reuters, CNN Money, 24 Dec. 2025

Libraries are getting rid of Russian books; books printed in Russia have been proscribed (as a bookstore manager in downtown Odesa explained to me in the fall of 2019, more than two years before the Russian invasion); Gogol is taught in Ukrainian translation. — John Connelly, The New York Review of Books, 18 Dec. 2025

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