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   ban

   /ban/

   verb

   • 1. officially or legally prohibit: "he was banned from driving for a year" Similar prohibitforbidvetoproscribedisallowoutlawmake illegalembargoplace an embargo onbardebarblockstopput a stop toput an end tosuppressinterdictenjoinrestrainOpposite permit
   • ▪ officially exclude (someone) from a place: "he once was banned from a casino in Reno" Similar excludebanishexpelejectevictdrive outforce outoustremoveget rid ofdrum outthrust outpush outturn outprohibit from enteringinformal:boot outkick outgive someone the bootturf outOpposite admit

   noun

   • 1. an official or legal prohibition: "a proposed ban on cigarette advertising" Similar prohibitionvetoproscriptionembargobarsuppressionstoppageinterdictinterdictionmoratoriuminjunctionOpposite permission
   • ▪ an official exclusion of a person from an organization, country, or activity: "a proposed ban on foreign correspondents was condemned by international leaders" Similar exclusionbanishmentexpulsionejectionevictionremovalOpposite admission
   • 2. a curse: archaic "the land might be smitten by the ban which once fell upon the Canaanites"

   Word Origin Old Englishbannan ‘summon by a public proclamation’, of Germanic origin, reinforced by Old Norse banna ‘curse, prohibit’; the noun is partly from Old French ban ‘proclamation, summons, banishment’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bannable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   Synonyms for BANNED: prohibited, forbidden, outlawed, barred, illegal, proscribed, unauthorized, improper; Antonyms of BANNED: permitted, permissible, allowable, acceptable, legal, appropriate, approved, permissive.

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   Synonyms and antonyms of banned in English. banned. adjective. These are words and phrases related to banned. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of banned. ILLEGAL. Synonyms. illegal. unlawful. against the law. not legal. prohibited. unsanctioned. proscribed. forbidden. illicit. unauthorized.

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   What are some opposite words for banned? Antonyms for banned banned. This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term banned. Princeton's WordNet Rate these antonyms: 4.5 / 2 votes. banned, prohibited adjective. forbidden by law. Antonyms: legal. Synonyms: taboo, out (p), verboten, prohibited, proscribed, forbidden, tabu.