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- [proh-hib-i-tiv]
- /proʊˈhɪb ɪ tɪv/
- /prəˈhɪb.ɪ.tɪv/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [proh-hib-i-tiv]
- /proʊˈhɪb ɪ tɪv/
Definitions of prohibitive word
- adjective prohibitive serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something. 1
- adjective prohibitive sufficing to prevent the use, purchase, etc., of something: prohibitive prices. 1
- adjective prohibitive If the cost of something is prohibitive, it is so high that many people cannot afford it. 0
- adjective prohibitive prohibiting or tending to prohibit 0
- adjective prohibitive (esp of prices) tending or designed to discourage sale or purchase 0
- adjective prohibitive prohibiting or tending to prohibit something 0
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Origin of prohibitive
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
From the Medieval Latin word prohibitīvus, dating back to 1595-1605. See prohibit, -ive
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Parts of speech for Prohibitive
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
prohibitive popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
prohibitive usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for prohibitive
adj prohibitive
- backbreaker — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards
- cliquish — If you describe a group of people or their behavior as cliquish, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- difficile — hard to deal with, satisfy, or please.
- easier said than done — difficult to do
- difficult — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
adjective prohibitive
- exclusive — An item or story published or broadcast by only one source.
- exclusory — Having the power or the function of excluding.
- high — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- limiting — serving to restrict or restrain; restrictive; confining.
Antonyms for prohibitive
adjective prohibitive
- keen — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
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