ALL meanings of tabu
ta·bu
T t - verb with object tabu to put under a taboo; prohibit or forbid. Synonyms: prohibit, ban, forbid, proscribe. Antonyms: allow, permit, sanction. 1
- verb with object tabu to ostracize (a person, group, etc.): While he is tabooed, no one may speak to him. 1
- adjective tabu proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: Taboo language is usually bleeped on TV. Synonyms: prohibited, banned, forbidden, proscribed. Antonyms: allowed, permitted, permissible; sanctioned. 1
- adjective tabu prohibited or excluded from use or practice: In art school, painting from photographs was taboo. 1
- adjective tabu (among the Polynesians and other peoples of the South Pacific) separated or set apart as sacred; forbidden for general use; placed under a prohibition or ban. Synonyms: sacrosanct, inviolable. 1
- noun plural tabu a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice: One of the strongest taboos in all modern societies is against incest. Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no. 1
- noun plural tabu the system, practice, or act whereby things are set apart as sacred, forbidden for general use, or placed under a prohibition or interdiction. the condition of being so set apart, forbidden, or interdicted. 1
- noun plural tabu exclusion from social relations; ostracism. 1
- abbreviation TABU taboo 0