Synonyms of proscribed

proscribed 1 of 2

adjective

as in prohibited

that may not be permitted

the organization lost its nonprofit status after it was determined to have engaged in several proscribed fund-raising activities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prohibited
• forbidden
• banned
• outlawed
• taboo
• illegal
• barred
• inappropriate
• unacceptable
• impermissible
• improper
• unlawful
• unauthorized
• interdicted
• illicit
• verboten
• excluded
• unbearable
• rejected
• unlicensed
• objectionable
• refused
• prevented
• unsuitable
• unendurable
• disallowed
• stopped
• intolerable
• illegitimate
• unmentionable
• revoked
• unseemly
• suppressed
• precluded
• ineffable
• vetoed
• repressed
• blocked
• discouraged
• unsanctioned
• hindered
• disapproved
• shut out
• obstructed
• impeded
• ruled out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• allowable
• permissible
• acceptable
• permitted
• appropriate
• permissive
• legal
• lawful
• legitimate
• endorsed
• authorized
• approved
• tolerable
• certified
• accepted
• licensed
• sanctioned
• accredited
• bearable
• endurable
• allowed
• warranted
• OK
• sufferable
• promoted
• supported
• granted
• mandatory
• commanded
• suitable
• required
• proper
• encouraged
• ordered
• condoned
• tolerated
• countenanced
• accorded
• vouchsafed
• unobjectionable
• seemly
• brooked

proscribed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of proscribe

as in banned

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of proscribed

Verb

Palestine Action is a pro-Palestinian direct action group that was proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK government in July 2025. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

The Irish novelist had pledged to donate royalties from her books to the direct-action protest group, despite the fact that the UK has, controversially, proscribed it as a terrorist organisation. — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026

In July 2025, the direct-action protest group Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026

In the black-and-white drama from director Markus Schleinzer, Hüller plays Rose, a woman in rural Germany in the 17th Century who passer herself off as a male farmer to have a life otherwise proscribed for a women at the time. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026

The High Court determined that former Home Secretary Yvette Cooper (who now serves as Foreign Secretary) had not properly followed her own policies when deciding what constitutes an organization being proscribed under the Terrorism Act. — Callum Sutherland, Time, 13 Feb. 2026

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

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

Turkey’s government has vocally supported Hamas, but in Egypt, the group is strictly proscribed. — Nbc News, NBC news, 12 Oct. 2025